‘We’re going to see some haunting images’: Bird flu has reached Antarctica
It’s the news conservationists have been expecting, but dreading. The avian influenza H5N1 virus has reached mainland Antarctica.
Tag: nature
Why eucalypts are survival experts
They can recover from fire, grow back from a bare stump, shrug aside bark loss that would kill a lesser tree, and endure drought and floods.
Help for kelp: saving the Great Southern Reef
The Great Southern Reef is losing its most valuable asset, the Tasmanian giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), but a group of researchers and partners are collaborating to save this vital habitat.
Nature & Wildlife
World’s best night parrot specimen leads to first genome sequence of the elusive species
The best specimen ever recovered of the extremely rare night parrot is now on public display at Western Australian Museum – and it’s already led to a scientific breakthrough that can help save the species.
A secret war between cane toads and parasitic lungworms is raging across Australia
When the first cane toads were brought from South America to Queensland in 1935, many of the parasites that troubled them were left behind. But deep inside the lungs of at least one of those pioneer toads lurked small nematode lungworms.
Nature & Wildlife
The photos you loved most in 2022
The stories behind the photos that ran riot on our social feeds this year.
Biodiversity
Vital Impacts: stunning photography inspires wonder and curiosity for our natural world
Photography has the unique ability to transcend all languages and help us understand our deep connections to life.
Puff go the spores: this is what happens when you poke earthstar fungi
Introducing the star of the mushroom world.
Nature & Wildlife
‘Nudibranch hunter’ shares stunning images of colourful and quirky sea slugs
The only trophies this hunter collects are photographs.
Biodiversity
Unprecedented access: Inside Tasmania’s orange-bellied parrot captive breeding program
On the outskirts of Hobart stands a collection of grey steel buildings, surrounded by a tall electrified chain link fence. It almost looks like a small prison. But you won’t find criminals behind these walls. Here, one of Australia’s rarest bird species is being brought back from the brink of extinction.