Biodiversity
Fixing flying foxes: Tolga’s Bat Hospital
For more than 20 years, volunteers led by Jenny Maclean have been helping flying-foxes afflicted by tick paralysis on the Atherton Tablelands.
Tag: animals
Destinations
Six of the best places to see platypus
Spotting this duck-billed delight is a lottery, but dusk and dawn are a good bet.
Creatura with Bec Crew
Shame-faced crab has nothing to hide about
It may look like its hiding its face out of embarrassment, but this crab has everything to be proud of.
Biodiversity
Saved: Wildlife in Earth’s protected areas
The ‘Saved’ photography competition encouraged people from around the world to submit images of national parks and protected areas, inspiring others to nurture these important natural spaces. The finalists had their images displayed as part of the IUCN World Parks Congress, held in Sydney in November. See some of the images here, and find all of the finalists and winners at www.wpcsaved.com.
Creatura with Bec Crew
Eastern spiny gurnard a noisy
These fish may seem like they fly, but they’re actually noisy grunters
Biodiversity
138 species near extinction are unprotected, says report
Australia’s protected areas need to keep growing to cover a raft of threatened species which are not covered by any reserves.
Creatura with Bec Crew
Australia’s bizarre spitting snubfin dolphin
The snubfin dolphin is one of only three known species of dolphin endemic to Australia.
Creatura with Bec Crew
The strange face of the pig-nosed turtle
This freshwater turtle uses its unique snout like a twin snorkel
Creatura with Bec Crew
Crucifix frog has nothing to frown about
This quite serious looking frog, often mistaken for a toad, would put a frown on any predator with its gooey defence.