News Sydney's bats get the boot …research projects ever on this threatened species, contributing to conservation work to protect them. Tagging and radio tracking of the flying-foxes will provide essential information on their patterns of movement,…
News A celebration of Irish-Australian culture …Victoria was Irish at this time. He is still regarded as a folk hero in some quarters, and the NMA is hoping to display the rag-tag armour, fashioned from iron…
News Tough environment no barrier to platypus …researchers then took body measurements, weight and blood samples from the 28 platypuses that they caught. Measuring the size of the tails was a focal point of the research, said…
News Competition asks: What do engineers do? …vote for a weekly winner from now til 10 May. A clever cloud of popular tags generates recurring keywords, from Avatar to solar. Submissions are also searchable by topic. The…
News A shock to our shores …for the dolphin-mania that resulted from the TV show’s popularity. The tourism industries’ demand for dolphins has since brought their price tags at wildlife swap-meets to six figures, and Ric’s…
History & Culture Cobb & Co coaches: historical transport …and the Top End, with the tagline “Pioneering a new spirit in luxury touring”. And the Cobb Highway traces a nostalgic route from Wilcannia in far-western NSW to the Victorian…
Destinations Komodo tourism: a fine balance …to the world’s largest lizard, the Komodo dragon. Wielding a long, two-pronged wooden stick, Kefi and the other rangers go in search of a creature distinguished by its rarity –…
Wildlife Rabbits: from pest to plate …price-tag for a team of battlers – the Rabbitohs are now co-owned by businessman Peter Holmes à Court and actor Russell Crowe. Rabbit Infestation When 12 pairs of European wild…
Wildlife Studying penguins may harm them …research published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. The theory is that the metal bands – either aluminum or stainless steel – increase drag on the penguins when they swim,…
Destinations Skeleton Coast: Namibia's strange desert dwellers …for the BBC, New Scientist and The Guardian. Find her blog at wanderinggaia.com. READ MORE Learning to hunt with an ancient tribe Tagging whale sharks in the Maldives Hanging out…