News
Saving the endangered heath mouse, one burn at a time
Can hazard reduction burns help save this adorable little critter?
Category: Science & Environment
Science & Environment
The Christmas Island red crab migration like you’ve never seen it before
Watch the mating process, migration and the release of eggs by the famous Christmas Island red crabs.
Science & Environment
Rare footage of a battle between a crab and a mangrove snake reveals the ultimate winner
Watch as a white-bellied mangrove snake hunts a fiddler crab on a Queensland mudflat.
Science & Environment
The new Great Barrier Reef ambassadors
An innovative training program for tourist operators on the Great Barrier Reef could be crucial to the survival of the World Heritage treasure.
History & Culture
Turf wars: should we start using alternatives to traditional lawns in Aussie backyards?
We explore whether the grass greener using alternatives to traditional lawns in Aussie backyards, parks and sportsgrounds.
Creatura Blog
The dusky batfish is like a phoenix rising from the ashes
Girded by a golden halo that lights up its otherwise ashy body, the dusky batfish looks otherworldly as it flutters through the ocean.
News
Endangered Sydney seahorses released back into harbour
Scientists have high hopes that the recent release of Sydney seahorses back into the harbour will help populations slowly recover.
Science & Environment
March of the spider crabs
Each winter, in one of the world’s most extraordinary natural spectacles, a writhing mass of spindly claws and legs rises from the depths of Bass Strait into the sheltered waters of Melbourne’s Port Phillip.
History & Culture
Healing in the communities of south-eastern NSW after the bushfires
As landscapes regenerate after summer’s catastrophic bushfires, communities in south-eastern New South Wales rebuild their homes and livelihoods.