Nature & Wildlife A guide to Australia's dragon species …can brighten and fade with mood, temperature and season. Their alert stance helps them spy food and predators, recognise each other and communicate using a complex body language. Head bobs…
Destinations From Alice Spring to Shark Bay: A camel odyssey …and box it all up for delivery by mail-plane to four Aboriginal communities en route; research my water points; and choose my four-legged travelling companions. All this while working at…
Adventure From Australia to New Zealand: First mate …out very aggressively but it highlights the stress we were under. Justin just said, “I’ll work on that.” He was a lot more tolerant than I. I’ve got a distinct…
Nature & Wildlife Shark communication: Port Jackson case study …is Nathan’s co-supervisor and a researcher with Taronga Conservation Society Australia, based in Sydney. “They all have different personalities, some come quietly to the surface, while others are feisty and…
Science & Environment Coral Sea a biodiversity hotspot for sharks …spawn in the northern Coral Sea and migrate up to 3000km to Australian and New Zealand coastlines. Pew is urging the Australian government to create a permanent conservation marine park…
Destinations World Heritage sites of Australia …Venice and its Lagoon in Italy. In 1978, 12 sites were inscribed on the original list, and Australia’s first entries were added just three years later, in 1981. “Australia was…
Nature & Wildlife Fairy-wrens eavesdrop to avert danger …of cross-species communication. “We know already that superb fairy-wrens are like many territorial songbirds in that they respond aggressively to the songs of other superb fairy-wrens, but this study shows…
Destinations Polar bear spotting in Alaska …Arctic tundra by floatplane, AWD buggy, Zodiac inflatable and foot to see polar bears, beluga whales, caribou, moose, wolves, arctic fox and hare, and abundant birdlife. More info: www.churchillwild.com; au.canada.travel…
Adventure Kayaking the Katherine River …coast to fatten up before heading back to breed and compete with the larger males.” He tells me that the Parks and Wildlife Commission NT trap a few larger rogue…
News Rare ancient shark relative captured by fisherman A RARE AND PREHISTORIC species of shark has been captured by a fisherman off the Gippsland Coast, in south-eastern Australia. The frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) was a shock find for…
