News Mozzie numbers are booming: giant ones, tiny ones, deadly ones. Which ones should you look out for? …just bite people. They will bite a wide range of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. They can even bite earthworms, mudskippers (amphibious fish) and maybe even whales. What are ‘giant’…
Travel In the footsteps of Shackleton …just above the old whaling station at Stromness but, meanwhile, our ship heads off to explore the indented coastline of this unique biological hotspot, on the lookout for whales, nesting…
Destinations Northwest passage: a voyage through time …In Baffin Bay and Landcaster Sound, we came across pods of beluga whales, bobbing up and down on the sea like shelled boiled eggs. Once, a sudden splash of freezing…
South Australia Kangaroo Island …shoreline of limestone outcrops and scrubby dunes offers few focal points. Look closer, however, and this is a storied realm of whalers, shipwreck survivors and farming pioneers. For us locals,…
Science & Environment How birds use Earth's magnetic field to navigate …this. Snails, fruit flies, bees, butterflies, salamanders, newts, lobsters, frogs, bats, salmon, trout, whales, sea turtles and the mole rat of East Africa can, too. While the evidence that these…
Australian Geographic Adventure Paddle Pulse: Master the art of kayak photography …perfect your shot. Capturing the moment a whale breaches the icy Antarctic waters, kayakers employ a mounted GoPro for hands-free filming. Toby Story/Southern Sea Ventures 4. Stay composed Use the…
Destinations Cape Leveque, Western Australia …to shop in Broome before arriving. No alcohol is sold at the resort, but the Whale-Song Café provides beautiful food with views across Pender Bay, and Cygnet Bay has a…
Creatura Blog Ribbon worm regenerates its head and brain like it’s no big deal …to more than a metre long. There are even reports of a ribbon worm that stretched a whopping 54 metres long, making it the world’s longest animal (a blue whale…