Lighting the night: glow worms around Australia
Found only in Australia and New Zealand, glow worms are one of our country’s greatest spectacles. But what exactly are they, and why do they glow?
Found only in Australia and New Zealand, glow worms are one of our country’s greatest spectacles. But what exactly are they, and why do they glow?
Australians go through, on-average, about 60kg of plastic per person per year. Can we really live without it?
About 40 per cent of the rubbish collected during last years’ Clean Up Australia Day was plastic – a total of 6400 tonnes. It has adverse impacts on the environment, our health and our society, but there are a number of things you can do to reduce your usage. And you don’t have to completely avoid it either – just make sustainable choices, opting for reusable plastic products.
Our 2015 Young Conservationist of the Year, has created an environmental network that has given a voice to Aboriginal youth.
An AGS-funded project is working with the traditional tribes of Papua New Guinea to protect endangered wildlife in the nation’s first major conservation area
Amid the buzz and the grind of our biggest metropolises, more and more sky gardens are beginning to bloom
Australia’s protected areas need to keep growing to cover a raft of threatened species which are not covered by any reserves.
The planet’s 209,000 conservation reserves now cover 15.4 per cent of the land area, but are they doing enough to protect dwindling species?
The Epson International Pano Awards is the largest competition for panoramic photography. Here are some of the stand-out finalists and winners from the 2014 contest.
Claire Dunn left the city life to spend a year in the wilderness, surviving without modern luxuries – even matches.