Science & Environment The weird world of Australia’s carnivorous plants …basically just an aquatic version, he says. Waterwheel plant. (Image credit: Greg Bourke) Last but not least, there’s the Albany pitcher plant. Surprisingly, despite evolving in parallel the tropical pitcher…
Nature & Wildlife The weird world of Australian sea snakes …Asia through New Guinea to Australia. The semi-aquatic sea kraits are an earlier evolutionary offshoot of venomous snakes. They still come on to land to bask, drink water and lay…
Climate Australia may warm by four degrees or more this century, the IPCC has found …currents found in all major ocean gyres. This pronounced warming is affecting marine ecosystems and aquaculture and is projected to continue. The region of the East Australia Current, which includes…
News Naked ambition: Australia slides in at number 5 on best skinny-dipping list …secluded beach – picture white sand and aquamarine water – is one of Darwin’s most popular destinations. But it’s popular with more than just human nudie-rudies – crocs have been…
News K’gari is calling …half of Australia’s bird species – that this is paradise. And don’t even get me started on the water. It’s stunningly clear, like an aquamarine pool, which makes easy work…
Nature & Wildlife Intertidal spiders are playing on hard mode …aided by the fact that it has one of the lowest respiratory rates among spiders. Related: The mystery of the NT’s aquatic tarantulas captured Then there’s Desis bobmarley, even smaller…
Nature & Wildlife Scientists have successfully hatched Irukandji eggs. Here's why that's important …Irukandji and diet is one,” explains aquarist Sally Turner, a research assistant in Jamie’s lab. “Some foods they won’t touch, or they’ll spit back out, while others change the opacity…
News Don't miss these spectacular astronomical light shows We’ve already been spoiled this year when it comes to astronomical events playing out in the skies above. From Australia, we’ve seen the Eta Aquariiid meteor shower, got a a…
Creatura with Bec Crew You never know where a water bear might be lurking …to live near water sources – some are aquatic and live in ponds or slow-moving rivers, whereas others live on land, ensconced by the water droplets and dew that accumulates…
Nature Photographer of the Year AG Nature Photographer of the Year 2022: Our Impact shortlist …on nature, be it terrestrial, aquatic or atmospheric. This impact may be positive or negative. The choice of subjects may align with the other categories or extend beyond these to…
