Bees, pollinating a third of everything you eat!
As well as making honey, honey bees pollinate countless hectares of agricultural crops. It’s estimated that a third of the food you eat could be attributed to pollination by bees. The productivity of...
View ArticleThe Forest Dragons (Hypsilurus spinipes) of the Border Ranges National Park
Have you ever walked through the forest and felt like you were being watched. Well if you were walking in the Border Ranges national park of New South Wales, you probably were being watched by forest...
View ArticleBats breed better when the rivers run
Many things in nature are interconnected; I guess that's why people use terms like the 'web of life' and other big words like ‘biocomplexity’. Dr Rick Adams (of the BatLab) recently published his work...
View ArticleGlaucus atlanticus a beauty at eating those marine stingers
Along the beaches of Queensland and Northern New South Wales, northerly winds often bring with them blue bottles or Portugese man o’ war jelly fish. The blue bottle (Physalia physalis) is a small...
View ArticleBiodiversity: what it is and why it’s important
The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International year of biodiversity. This year we will celebrate life on earth and the importance of biodiversity. It also presents an occasion for us to think...
View ArticleWhy frogs love puddles! The ephemeral breeders.
The summer afternoon storms of subtropical Queensland are an awe inspiring sight and sound of nature. If you’re lucky enough to have some trees and ponds around your house, the wet balmy night will be...
View ArticleEcological islands on land: a first for New Zealand?
This article describes Maungatautari, a volcano that's become a native animal refuge in a sea of dairy pasture. New Zealanders have been first at many things. They may also be the first to create...
View ArticleWhere’s the party? – Giant Cuttlefish (Sepia apama)
Something strange is happening in the South Australian seas. Someone’s not turned up for their party. Around this time of year the Australian giant cuttlefish (Sepia apama) gather along the South...
View ArticleConnecting with nature is good for us – we can even do it in our own backyards!
Connecting with nature is good for us. By creating wildlife friendly gardens we can connect with nature every day and help our native wildlife. Here are some simple guidelines to help you create your...
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