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.
Tag: conservation
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.
News
Troubled waters: Australia’s freshwater fish are facing extinction
How can we stop Australia’s freshwater fish species from going extinct?
Opinion & Analysis
OPINION: Refuge from extinction
Safeguarding landscapes less impacted by climate change can help secure biodiversity, argues environmental biologist Gunnar Keppel.
Science & Environment
The power of Takayna
This sprawling forest wilderness in north-west Tasmania is an ancient haven for wildlife.
Science & Environment
Underwater treasure
This unassuming rocky site marks a place where the ocean gleams and ripples with the riches of life.
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.
AG Society
Winners: Australian Geographic Society’s Awards for Nature 2024
Meet the winners of our first awards program wholly dedicated to the planet.
News
One million trees planted, eight million to go
The Foundation of National Parks & Wildlife – the philanthropic partner of Australia’s National Parks – yesterday planted the millionth tree of the Landscape Resilience Program.
Destinations
Caring for paradise, one trip at a time in the Frankland Islands
“One of the things our guests enjoy most about the rockpools is meeting the resident clownfish in water at a depth of only a few inches.”