Giant eagles and scavenging vultures shared the skies of ancient Australia
Today, Australia is home to 17 species of hawks and eagles. But the fossil record shows some other, rather special…
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Collaborative storytelling through 1000 drones lights up the sky at Uluru
Now is the perfect time to reconnect to Uluṟu, the heart of our country, with the culturally significant, world-first…
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Through the hall of the mountain king: cycling Lithgow to Newnes, NSW
Why go over mountains when you can be cycling through them on one of Australia’s best bikepacking journeys. The post…
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In the land of the desert rose: Walking the NT’s Larapinta Trail
At 223km in length, the Larapinta Trail is arguably one of Australia’s most challenging multi-day walks. Still, you…
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Join the hunt for Bäuerlen’s long-lost legendary ferns
New research points to a pair of nineteenth-century albums of pressed plants as possibly being created by botanist…
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The story behind the photo: ‘Aerial Oceans’ by Lewis Burnett
This forms part of a series of Q&As with winning photographers from this year’s Australian Geographic Nature…
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Exploring the Solar System’s beauty spots
Spots are probably best known as the bane of a teenage face, but you might be surprised to know that a propensity for…
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Taxonomists agree on how to create a single list of all life on Earth
A new survey shows most taxonomists now agree on how a single authoritative list of the Earth's species would work.…
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