“It’s a fantastic time to be marrying up AI, or machine-learning techniques to be more specific, with conservation work, and it fits particularly well with acoustics,” Brian says....
Surveys confirm long-term decline of Reef’s dugongs....
Australia is known for its dangerous snakes, and we have many - but in reality few people die from bites....
Invasive myrtle rust was detected in Australia in 2010 and has had a devastating impact on plant communities....
How many people have even heard of such a thing? They’ve been clocked, the swift parrot, at nearly 90 kilometres an hour, the escape velocity of a car leaving the city and finding the open road. Plenty of cars out there....
Australian researchers are using AI to identify the things that go bump, bellow and hoot in the night....
The beautiful observations of nature in our annual celebration of the ANZANG region’s best nature photographers remind us of the wonder of our wild spaces and species. This year marks 20 years of the AGNPOTY competition – and it offers us a chance to reflect on how nature photography has changed during that time.
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Just like their domesticated counterparts, it turns out feral cats can’t resist playing with a dangling feather boa....
1894: Lawrence Hargrave lifts off in his box kite at Stanwell Park....
Thanks to indigenous bush-cooking initiatives, increased success with commercial crops and publicity from high-profile chefs, a range of Australian bush herbs and spices is trickling into our gardens, nurseries and supermarkets....
Ancient mystery solved: Lizard-like creature found in retaining wall has ‘hart’....
Australia’s plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef won’t cut it in the era of climate change and another approach is urgently needed, an expert panel says....
Internationally, the lead organisation for conscious travel is the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, a not-for-profit organisation that sets criteria that act as global standards for sustainability in tourism....
Fighting the skin disease killing Australia’s wombats....
This scientist deliberately subjects himself to the world’s most painful stingers....
There’s an old idiom I still hear every now and then that pops up in relation to eucalyptus trees - ‘widow makers’....
Engineering is about process, and the process of engineering was very different in Australia before the English colonised the land....
Meet The Fish With Hands The red handfish is blood red and the cockatoo handfish has a fin like a feathered crest....
Nest boxes for 12 barn owls have been installed at Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island to control introduced rats and mice....
Photographers can enter the Environmental Photo Award for their chance to win a cash prize of AU$10,000. The winning images will be displayed at Bondi Beach from 11 November–3 December 2023....
The deep-sea habitat off Western Australia’s coast has gone largely unexplored and undocumented....
