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How citizen science can improve people’s health
5+ hour, 21+ min ago (1036+ words) Home " People " How citizen science can improve people's'health The two of us can often be found in a patch of scrubby bushland, phone in hand, slowly scanning for plants. Or crouched behind a tree trunk with binoculars, pausing mid-breath to…...
Return of the rabbit plague
5+ hour, 17+ min ago (1085+ words) Home " Biodiversity " Return of the rabbit plague Rabbits have reshaped Australia's landscapes more profoundly than almost any other introduced species. Released in 1859 by landowner Thomas Austin for sport, they spread with astonishing speed. Within a couple of decades, populations had…...
Wild Wins Vol. 3
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (560+ words) Home " Nature & Wildlife " Wild Wins Vol. 3 2 rarely seen native species spotted on Truwana1000s of kilometres travelled for avian love11 day citizen-science tour on the GBR Read more about each of these WILD WINS below " proudly supported by Coral Expeditions, Australia's pioneering cruise…...
Nuclear tests and the night sky
2+ day, 3+ min ago (238+ words) Home " Space with Fred Watson " Nuclear tests and the night sky Glimpse worlds beyond our own with AG's esteemed space expert and living legend, Fred Watson. Fred Watson is an honorary professor at Macquarie University and was Australia's first Astronomer-at-Large....
Beyond the gates
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (930+ words) Home " AG Society " Beyond the gates But I'm not here for these icons of the savannah. I've come to see something much smaller: a species that, just a couple of centuries ago, would have called these plains home. Tucked away…...
Blue Horizons Vol. 2
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (779+ words) Home " Nature & Wildlife " Blue Horizons Vol. 2 Now plunge into the full stories below! Proudly supported by Coral Expeditions, Australia's pioneering cruise line. A mother and daughter diving from their family boat have made one of the most remarkable discoveries in…...
Listen to the birds
1+ week, 1+ day ago (453+ words) What's the point of watching birds? A glib reply would be that birdwatching gives you something to do wherever you go, but, although it's true, that answer is too simple for such a big question. For me, birds are like…...
Australia's Environment 2025 Report: Forests are doing better – but ‘underwater bushfires’ hit oceans hard
1+ week, 2+ day ago (821+ words) Home Science & Environment Australia's Environment 2025 Report: Forests are doing better " but "underwater bushfires' hit oceans'hard Good rainfall across much of Australia in the past year has kept the vegetation green and rivers flowing. For the fifth year in a row,…...
‘There’s nothing worse than a leggy cane toad’
1+ week, 5+ day ago (509+ words) Home " Creatura with Bec Crew " "There's nothing worse than a leggy cane toad' Bec Crew is a Sydney-based science communicator with a love for weird and wonderful animals. From strange behaviours and special adaptations to newly discovered species and the…...
Keeping ninu on Country
2+ week, 1+ day ago (744+ words) Home " AG Society " Keeping ninu on Country "Bibies have disappeared from most of their former distribution," says Rachel Paltridge, senior ecologist with the Indigenous Desert Alliance (IDA). "Now, 80 per cent of bilby country is on Aboriginal land. So Aboriginal people…...