Science & Environment
Heed the call of frogs
Australia’s frogs are under threat, and the Australian Museum is asking for your help to halt their decline.
Tag: Wildlife
News
True damage of feral species revealed in landmark report. What can we do to stop the decimation?
Invasive alien species are driving biodiversity loss and extinctions in every country, all over the world. Responding to the challenge, the United Nations is today releasing the first global assessment of invasive alien species and their control.
News
Training AI to listen to Aussie wildlife is a bellow and a hoot
Australian researchers are using AI to identify the things that go bump, bellow and hoot in the night. Can you?
News
Landslide vote: 97% of us want extinctions stopped and 72% want more spent on the environment
Most Australians (97%) want more action to protect nature, even if they don’t know the full extent of the biodiversity crisis. That’s the startling finding emerging from a national survey of 4000 voters.
Creatura Blog
Yellow crazy ant genes are like nothing we’ve ever seen before
Yellow crazy ants are the worst.
Creatura Blog
Is the musk lorikeet Australia’s best-smelling bird?
Do you know what a cockatoo smells like? How about a king parrot? Most of us have only really smelled an ibis (and not by choice – their odour precedes them by about half a block), but did you know that some birds actually smell great?
News
Deep ocean in deep trouble as Antarctic ice melts
Melting ice will affect critical Antarctic ocean currents and threaten fish stocks around the world, new study finds.
News
Meet Eddy –Australia’s latest young eco-warrior
High-energy, intelligent, and eager to learn, he’s expected to become a huge asset in protecting the country’s biodiversity.
News
29 threatened Aussie species are back from the brink. How?
Here’s some good conservation news: 29 threatened Aussie animal species are back from the brink.
Wildlife
Best foot forward
Small differences in the hands and feet of frogs are clues to big differences in behaviour.