Australia’s longest and most productive river – the Murray – is at breaking point, and the people who love and depend on it feel like they’re running out of time. The post Running the river dry appeared first on Australian Geographic.
From childhood road trips to months on remote trails around the world, Cam Bostock discovered the real journey begins when everything else falls away. The post Finding his way outside: Adventurer Cam Bostock appeared first on Australian Geographic.
An underground disaster in northern Tasmania 20 years ago led to one of Australia’s most extraordinary rescues. The post The Beaconsfield Mine rescue, 20 years on appeared first on Australian Geographic.
Very few people have the good fortune to live for a century. Fewer still achieve so much and touch so many lives. The post Sir David Attenborough at 100 appeared first on Australian Geographic.
Scientists studying Western Australian koala fossils have found the modern koala was not the only koala species in the recent past, and that WA's regionally extinct species was its own distinctive lineage. The post Fossils reveal WA koalas were a di...
Browse Island, a tiny bump in the sea off the coast of Western Australia, has become the focus of a world-first attempt to support seabirds by eradicating its mice using drones. The post Australian island sets stage for world-first mice eradication a...
Making compost is a cornerstone of sustainable gardening, yet few of us understand the great science behind it. The post 5 top tips for the perfect compost – according to science appeared first on Australian Geographic.
Neither a true possum nor a honeyeater, everything about this minute marsupial will raise your eyebrows. The post The extraordinary life of the honey possum appeared first on Australian Geographic.
Throughout this 40th anniversary year of Australian Geographic we’re looking back at a selection of stories we’ve run over the decades. This abridged excerpt is from a feature in AG 25, in Jan–Mar 1992. The post FROM THE ARCHIVE: Triumph on K2 appear...
Koala observations have tripled in just one year at a habitat-restoration project west of Melbourne. The post Koala activity at Victorian restoration site stuns conservationists appeared first on Australian Geographic.