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The regent honeyeater is a beautiful bird in big trouble
With dappled sunlight plumage and a sweet, soft call, the regent honeyeater is one of Australia’s most iconic – but underrated – birds
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A life devoted to wildlife and conservation: Terri Irwin (Part 2) (Rebroadcast)
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A life devoted to wildlife and conservation: Terri Irwin (Part 1) (Rebroadcast)
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Science & Environment
Feral horse numbers gallop past 25,000 in the Australian Alps
Scientists warned the government that very high numbers of horses would be the inevitable consequence of its inaction over horse management.
Wildlife
Scientists re-counted Australia’s extinct species: the results are devastating
It’s well established that unsustainable human activity is damaging the health of the planet. The way we use Earth threatens our future and that of many animals and plants. Species extinction is an inevitable end point.
Wildlife
Meet Bear, the koala detection dog
Working dogs like Bear find it hard to adapt to a normal, domestic life. Luckily, he found a second life as a koala detection dog.
Awards
Devilish behaviour
Victor Vescovo meets the Tassie devil, and a snuggle of irresistible baby bandicoots.
Awards
In pictures: 2019 Australian Geographic Gala Awards
On Friday, 1 November 2019, we toasted the achievements of some of Australia’s greatest conservationists and adventurers at the annual Australian Geographic Society Gala Awards night in Sydney, with special guest Victor Vescovo.
Wildlife
Solving the case of the disappearing coastal emu
The emu is on our coat of arms, yet a population distinct from the inland species – the endangered coastal emu – is in steep decline.
Science & Environment
“You easily feel helpless and overwhelmed”: What it’s like being a young person studying the Great Barrier Reef
It’s not unusual for a young PhD student studying the Great Barrier Reef to watch the coral they’d been observing for months bleach in just a single summer.