History & Culture
Rescuing the matriarch trapdoor spiders of Porongurup
This extraordinarily successful wildlife rescue story will change your view of spiders.
Tag: Wildlife
Science & Environment
Moonstruck: how lunar light influences animal behaviour
Lunar animal research is receiving the technological and methodological breakthroughs necessary for the next wave of intriguing findings.
News
Using cane toads to destroy cane toads: how ‘Peter Pan’ tadpoles are keeping these pests from ever growing up
Researchers from Sydney’s Macquarie University have discovered cane toad tadpoles are cannibalistic and can help stop the spread of their fellow toads if they remain in their pre-metamorphosis state.
Wildlife
Keeping native species as pets could save them from extinction. But it’s not that simple
In recent years, states such as South Australia have moved to liberalise native wildlife ownership laws. Could this be good for threatened species? That depends. Turning threatened species into pets may keep the species alive – but unable to survive without us.
History & Culture
Natural justice
Recent trials of people charged with deliberately killing protected eagles in north-eastern Victoria have shone a light on the lengthy process of prosecuting wildlife crimes.
News
Troubled waters: Australia’s freshwater fish are facing extinction
How can we stop Australia’s freshwater fish species from going extinct?
News
Corpse flowers and flesh flies: why so many plants and fungi smell like death
This is the titan arum. It’s a plant that makes news whenever it flowers in a botanic garden around the world. It’s sometimes called a lily, but it’s an arum, a genus not closely related to true lilies.
Science & Environment
Outback lady lizards have given up on sex in favour of cloning themselves
Hiding beneath scrap metal and abandoned cars in the Australian desert, you can find an ordinary-looking species of gecko that has an extraordinary biological trait: they don’t have sex.
Travel
Must-see Western Australia wildlife
Iconic is the only way to describe Western Australia’s coast and its wildlife. Where else can you see numbats, orcas, whale sharks and rock-wallabies?
News
Island life is more unique than you ever realised, and it needs protecting
More than 20 per cent of plant species are found only on islands – and time is running out to save them.