Water
Reef revival
The Reef Sanctuary Pontoon on Lady Musgrave Island lagoon is revolutionising marine education.
Tag: environment
Lyrebirds reveal hidden farming talents
Australian researchers have found superb lyrebirds ‘farm’ the forest floor to increase their prey – a behaviour rarely seen in nature.
Nature & Wildlife
OPINION: Doing the right thing
With waste piling up and ecosystems under threat, Australia’s waste crisis demands bold leadership, argues Keep Australia Beautiful’s Laura Carrazza.
The Australian Alps’ colourful alter ego
While many Australians know and love our alpine regions for their winter beauty, their lesser-known wildflower season sees the landscape burst to life with a brilliant tapestry of colour.
PFAS: The forever chemical reality
What’s all the fuss about PFAS? And how did these manufactured menaces – known as ‘forever chemicals’ – manage to infiltrate global water sources so extensively before anyone realised?
People
Ocean warrior
This English-born marine scientist has stepped up to become a leader in the fight to safeguard the world’s reefs.
Largest study on genetic diversity finds glimmers of hope amid general global decline
Before species go extinct, their populations often shrink and become isolated. Healthy populations tend to have a large gene pool with many genetic variants circulating. But the path to extinction erodes genetic diversity, because a species’ gene pool shrinks as the population declines. Losing genetic diversity limits the ability of populations to adapt to threats such as disease and climate change.
Australia remains on high alert for killer bird flu despite enduring recent high-risk migration season
As a deadly bird flu continues to wreak havoc across the globe, Australia has so far remained the only continent free of the disease. But experts warn it’s only a matter of time before the lethal virus that causes the disease arrives on our shores.
Climate
2024 global temperatures surpassed 1.5°C Paris Agreement threshold, confirms WMO
In a bleak milestone for our planet, it has been confirmed that last year’s global average surface temperatures exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
Nature & Wildlife
Rescuing the matriarch trapdoor spiders of Porongurup
This extraordinarily successful wildlife rescue story will change your view of spiders.