Dingo descendants unveiled
For the first time clear links between fossils of the iconic Australian dingo, and dogs from East Asia and New Guinea have been discovered.
Tag: nature
Chasing waterfalls in the Kimberley
The Kimberley is beautiful any time of year, but from March to May – waterfall season – it is even more spectacular.
Nature & Wildlife
Cocky whispering at Coomallo Creek
This patch of remnant bush on the edge of the West Australian wheatbelt is a place loved by one of Australia’s rarest bird species and the man who has studied the site for more than 50 years.
Climate
Sharks filmed ‘smashing’ sea urchins
What started as a study to better understand how lobsters prey on sea urchins instead discovered sharks also predate on the pest.
‘Vegetarian’ possums eat meat when the weather’s cold
When dead animals are left lying around in nature, who takes advantage of the free feed – carnivores or herbivores? The answer may surprise you.
Have you ever seen a fish yawn?
Scientists have investigated why some underwater species yawn – and the reason is not what you might think.
Nature & Wildlife
Channel Country’s braided beauty
When water from rainfall, often received hundreds of kilometres away, finally reaches the Channel Country, it spreads out, filling and spilling out of the previously dry beds of ephemeral creeks and streams and bringing life to whatever it touches.
Destinations
The ocean’s tiniest dolphins and the doggie squad that detects them
If Aotearoa New Zealand’s adorable Hector’s dolphins don’t steal your heart, the dogs that seek them out for you will.
Unzipping deep blue genes
In our nation’s marine life lies potential chemical and pharmaceutical discoveries, but can the rights of nature be balanced against corporate interests?
Biodiversity
Light in the night: Flock of Australia’s rarest bird discovered in WA
Indigenous rangers in outback Western Australia have found up to 50 night parrots – one of Australia’s most elusive birds – in a “breakthrough discovery”.