FROM THE ARCHIVE: Triumph on K2
Throughout this 40th anniversary year of Australian Geographic we’re looking back at a selection of stories we’ve run…
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Koala activity at Victorian restoration site stuns conservationists
Koala observations have tripled in just one year at a habitat-restoration project west of Melbourne. The post Koala…
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No brain, no problem: The bizarre survival strategies of sea cucumbers
For a creature with no brain or spine, there’s a lot going on inside the sea cucumber. The post No brain, no problem:…
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Maria Island’s forgotten chapter
A four-day hike traces the footsteps of the convicts and visionaries who tried and failed to tame an empire at the…
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Reviving Australia’s first languages
The story of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages is one of loss, resilience and now renewal. The…
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Deadly Dictionaries: Gudjal
This is just one instalment of Australian Geographic's Deadly Dictionaries column. Each instalment features a dictionary…
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Scientists finally discover how the Twelve Apostles were formed
Until now, the evolution of the Twelve Apostles has not been well known. The post Scientists finally discover how the…
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The first Anzac Day was marked by women wearing ‘mourning black’
Even before the first world war, a high mortality rate from disease, accident and death during infancy meant that…
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