Green sea turtle populations are already becoming increasingly female due to a warming climate. Now pollution may also be contributing to unbalanced sex ratios in the species. The post Pollution and climate change are making it harder to be male . ....
Today, Australia is home to 17 species of hawks and eagles. But the fossil record shows some other, rather special raptors were present in the relatively recent past. The post Giant eagles and scavenging vultures shared the skies of ancient Australia...
Now is the perfect time to reconnect to Uluṟu, the heart of our country, with the culturally significant, world-first experience, Wintjiri Wiru. The post Collaborative storytelling through 1000 drones lights up the sky at Uluru appeared first on Aust...
Why go over mountains when you can be cycling through them on one of Australia’s best bikepacking journeys. The post Through the hall of the mountain king: cycling Lithgow to Newnes, NSW appeared first on Australian Geographic.
At 223km in length, the Larapinta Trail is arguably one of Australia’s most challenging multi-day walks. Still, you don’t have to commit to the entire length of this legendary line to experience the best of the Northern Territory and its MacDonnell R...
New research points to a pair of nineteenth-century albums of pressed plants as possibly being created by botanist Wilhelm Bäuerlen. Are there others out there? The post Join the hunt for Bäuerlen’s long-lost legendary ferns appeared first on Austral...
This forms part of a series of Q&As with winning photographers from this year’s Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year awards. The post The story behind the photo: ‘Aerial Oceans’ by Lewis Burnett appeared first on Australian Geogr...
Spots are probably best known as the bane of a teenage face, but you might be surprised to know that a propensity for spots is also a characteristic of other worlds. The post Exploring the Solar System’s beauty spots appeared first on Australian Geog...
A new survey shows most taxonomists now agree on how a single authoritative list of the Earth's species would work. The post Taxonomists agree on how to create a single list of all life on Earth appeared first on Australian Geographic.
This historic goldmining town is known as the Queen of the Murchison. The post A complete guide to Cue, WA appeared first on Australian Geographic.