Nature & Wildlife The bandicoots in your backyard “BANDICOOT MENACE”, cried a heading on the letters page of Sydney’s The Sun back in 1951. Armed with a dictionary definition, the newspaper’s aggrieved correspondent declared that the so-called menace…
Destinations The Australian beaches with the whitest sand IN 2005, when I was chair of the National Committee on Soil and Terrain, I started a debate: where is Australia’s whitest beach? This was a diversion from the committee’s…
Science & Environment 5 times drone footage exposed environmental destruction …quality of the reef. The previous year, the society launched a crowd-funding campaign to help buy a fleet of drones to film land-clearing across Australia, specifically in Australia’s three most…
Nature & Wildlife Australia's big birds …deer (representing the state’s historical link to Britain). Brolgas inhabit open wetland and grassland environments and are most common across Northern and Eastern Australia. Australian bustard (Ardeotis australis) Size: Up…
News Invasive species of ant eradicated from Lord Howe Island …be one of the world’s biggest pests as they grow in extraordinary numbers and eventually out compete native fauna. In Hawaii, the aggressive ants have attacked the eyes and bills…
Creatura with Bec Crew The electric fire clam brings disco to the reef …appearance of flashing.” Here it is in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XpTZbAHdEU And here’s another one, spotted on the Great Barrier Reef: Exactly why the electric fire clam evolved to wield such a…
Science & Environment How to reduce your waste this Easter …guide. Australians have a recycling problem Household rubbish is only a small piece of Australia’s overall waste pie, but what we put in our kerbside bins aggravates the current headache….
News Here are 4 things you definitely didn’t know about Aussie magpies AUSTRALIAN MAGPIES are Aussie icons, but there’s probably a lot you don’t know about these incredible birds. What you do know is probably negative: they swoop, they’re territorial, they don’t…
Creatura with Bec Crew The five-lined flying dragon is a tiny marvel …Draco lizards have impressive dewlaps, too. And they’re not just for attracting mates – these are some mightily aggressive dewlaps. Here they are in action, complete with some Attenborough commentary:…
Creatura with Bec Crew Baby eagle rays are unintentionally hilarious …longer than that. Because of these weaponised tails, stingrays can be pretty intimidating, but they’re more inquisitive and playful than aggressive, according to marine biologist, Richard Wylie, who told Australian…
