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Our iconic platypus is in decline and at risk of localised extinction in parts of its range. Land clearing, dams and drought destroy habitat, leaving the amphibious mammals with nowhere to go. Little is known about which specific waterways the specie

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I MET LONG-TIME AG subscriber John Carswell in the Galápagos last September. He and his wife, Maureen, were among guests on the AG Society/Hurtigruten expedition I was hosting. It’s a pleasure to meet our readers in person, and John and Maureen, like

WESTERN AUSTRALIABASED photographer and videographer Tamati Smith was already working in the Torres Strait when we asked him to stay on and head to Thursday Island to photograph Kailu George Jr, who’s featured in this issue’s instalment of Listening

WE DROVE through Ardlethan at the weekend and it quite clearly proclaimed itself the home of the kelpie. I further refer to the official Destination New South Wales web page, which says the same. It seems remiss of you not to mention this in your fin

Makes me wonder, what if our moon were just a little larger, so even the edges of light were covered? How much more terrifying might that have been to early man? And yes, even to us today. Just beautiful. Thank you, AG. We are all stardust! What a fa

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Nest boxes for 12 barn owls have been installed at Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island (KI) to control introduced rats and mice. The KI Landscape Board (KILB) is attracting the avian predators so they can take over rodent control from feral cats, the

Binna Burra Lodge was founded in 1933 by Romeo Lahey, a local sawmiller and early conservationist, and Arthur Groom, a conservationist and author. Groom’s book One Mountain After Another (1949) told the story of the border survey between New South Wa

HEAD OF BIGHT For six months, May–October, southern right whales take up residence in the shallow waters of the bays along the Great Australian Bight to reproduce. In July–August hundreds may be present, so you’re almost guaranteed a sighting from th

James Cook University (JCU) researchers have identified that cane toads living in urban areas have longer legs and different poison glands compared with rural toads, after measuring more than 400 cane toads from three North Queensland sites. “Natural

IT’S ONE OF THOSE yarns you hear sitting around a pub on a Friday evening and accept with a grain or two of salt. Given this column has previously delved into the spurious world of flying saucers and so-called flying rabbits, why not a flying pieman?

Huw has spent 30 years adventuring all over the world, but he’s best known for his year-long, human-powered circumnavigation of the Mediterranean Sea. Tune in and hear how he kayaked, walked, cycled and rowed 13,000km through 17 countries. Nick is on

GOOD SOLID WORK – strenuous labour – is called “hard yakka” in Aussie English, and it’s an expression you’ll find nowhere else on earth. It’s hard to know how long it’s been around, because it tends to be part of the spoken, rather than written, lang

Winter evenings give Australians the best view of the Milky Way, with the centre of our galaxy passing overhead and then stretching off to the horizon. Well, it’s the best view visible from Earth. Being embedded within our disc-shaped spiral galaxy,

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Before most of us can take part in ecotourism activities, we need to arrive at our destination – and travelling from A to B makes up a major part of tourism’s carbon footprint. How do the different transport modes weigh in? (average CO2 emitted per 1

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1 Croajingolong National Park is located in which Australian state or territory? 2 Wallabia bicolor is more commonly known by what name? 3 What is the name of this lava tube, found in Undara Volcanic National Park in Queensland? 6 What is the scienti

• The Coorong region and surrounds is home to the Ngarrindjeri people. • The first Europeans to reach the area were sealers, who drifted along the coast in search of seals and sea lions. • On 7 April 1802 the French explorer Nicolas Baudin sailed thr