Nature & Wildlife
Flying high: pleasure-seeking parrots pick pungent chemicals
Whether medicinal, hygienic or recreational, birds have been observed utilising highly aromatic plants and insects.
Tag: Wildlife
Nature & Wildlife
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Unlikely animal friendships
Why do we love to see unlikely animal friendships? A psychology expert explains.
Nature & Wildlife
What’s that in my nest? How parasitic relationships create new species
How do new species arise? And why are there so many of them? One possible reason is the arms race between animals such as predators and parasites, and the victims they exploit.
Queensland
Give me sun, give me sea, give me cetaceans
From July to October, join Australia’s premier whale and dolphin experts on a voyage of adventure and citizen science in Queensland’s idyllic Hervey Bay.
Nature & Wildlife
A guide to the flying-foxes of Australia
Australia’s flying-foxes are vital pollinators of our flowering forests and a raft of species, humans included, rely on that.
Nature & Wildlife
OPINION: The real natural history of our tall, wet forests
History and science reveal the true story of mountain ash forests and should inform best management practice for these crucial ecosystems.
Nature & Wildlife
Wombat burrows provide refuge from fires
A new study has found wildlife use wombat burrows for vital shelter, food and even drinking water, during and after a bushfire.
Nature & Wildlife
Tiny Tanami toadlet call captured for the first time
The call of a tiny, desert-dwelling frog named the Tanami toadlet (Uperoleia micromeles) has been recorded for the first time.
News
Wild, free and feral: how brumbies are destroying Australia’s peatlands
Feral horses are running wild across Australia, and it might be reducing the amount of carbon our alpine peatlands can store.
News
OPINION: Moving on migration
A recent international report revealed that many of Earth’s great animal migrations are under threat, including some in Australia’s own backyard, writes biodiversity and conservation expert Dr Lily Bentley.