Science & Environment
Protecting our pollinators
Meet the Aussie beekeepers giving back after their revolutionary hive design caused a buzz in apiaries worldwide.
Tag: nature
News
How a small Aussie town is saving the Mary River turtle
Australian freshwater turtles are facing an alarming trend. Almost half of these species are listed as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered.
Climate
Why are we seeing ‘supercharged thunderstorms’ in Australia?
Have we underestimated how climate change drives extreme rain and floods?
Nature & Wildlife
Are pesticides to blame for recent mass deaths of frogs?
Researchers have found pesticides in a third of the Australian frogs that were tested.
News
What is symbiosis? And what makes a relationship symbiotic?
Once known only to those studying biology, the word symbiosis is now widely used. Symbiosis is the intimate relationship of different species living together. It’s much more common and older than many of us might realise.
Nature & Wildlife
Australia’s weird and wacky wasps
Native wasps have some creepy – but fascinating – habits to ensure their survival.
Nature & Wildlife
‘Interpol’ database for parrots caught in illegal wildlife trade
Researchers are using forensic genomics to protect parrots from the illegal wildlife trade.
News
Things that go buzz in the night
Have you ever wondered if there are more insects out at night than during the day?
Biodiversity
‘Bunyip’ bird returns to restored Tasmanian wetlands
For the first time in more than 40 years, the distinctive booming call of the endangered Australasian bittern once again rings out across the waters of Tasmania’s Lagoon of Islands.
Biodiversity
Bringing back the eastern bristlebird
Eight captive-bred eastern bristlebirds (Dasyornis brachypterus) were recently released into the Border Ranges region of north-eastern New South Wales where they’re considered a critically endangered species.