News
2018 AG Nature Photographer of the Year winners
The winning images from the 2018 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the year contest have been revealed.
Category: News
Biodiversity
Wildlife carers will soon be able to treat mange for wombats
A new online course will offer training for wildlife carers to administer treatment for wombat mange.
News
Feather transplant gives tawny lucky break
A complex procedure has given an injured tawny frogmouth a new lease on life – shortening its recovery from up to a year to just six days.
News
Extreme rainfall events intensifying more rapidly than first predicted
The link between global warming and increased rainfall events is well known, but scientists say our infrastructure may not cope at this rate.
News
Dingo bones excavated in 1960s are the oldest ever found
Radiocarbon dating on the oldest dingo bones ever found has sparked a re-think of the arrival date for Australia’s iconic canines.
News
Digital map records 250 Indigenous massacres, more predicted
In the second stages of the mapping project, the number of massacres has increased from 172 to 240.
News
Just 13 per cent of the world’s oceans can be classified as wilderness, study finds
Areas of ocean wilderness, untouched by human impact, are sparse in number according to new research.
Biodiversity
Feral cats hunting Leadbeater’s possums as they leave nest boxes
Camera footage captured attempts by feral cats to ambush the possum.
Biodiversity
Persistent logging greatest threat to swift parrot, scientists find
Breeding season for the critically endangered swift parrot is being impacted by a lack of available trees.
News
Underground lake discovered on Mars
We now know that there is permanent liquid water on Mars, according to a paper published today in the journal Science.