Beautiful Beasts – Spiders that are cute, cuddly and unbelievably beautiful.
Joseph Schubert recently added to the catalogue of the species by revealing seven new finds which are published in an article on the...
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Researched articles, fun activities and up-to-date information on the health of the planet, our native friends, wild animals and playful critters from our own backyards.
When the river runs high – The Yarra River Floods
October 7th 2022 Today the Yarra spilled over the banks to cover the bike tracks and walking paths, not too much, but enough you...
Where’s The Wattle? – September has come and gone…
Grasses that sprout seeded make all of us itch and sneeze, and amongst the gums that host the banks, little tiny buds appear on the...
Making Friends With Trees 3 – ABC Science Friction Podcast
My girl is rough barked and red, a thin leafed peppermint gum with two bodies erupting from one trunk. Her hair dangles blue-green;...
Making Friends Part 2 – The Guardians of our ancient forests share their concerns for our future.
On the summit of Mount Gingera in the Brindabella Ranges, Jessica, a young research scientist, stands alongside one of the most infl...
‘Yarra Yarra’ & The Ironbark Tree.
"Our river doesn't glint and ripple with crystalised light or dancing sparkles. Our river churns and grinds, rolls, and rumbles as a...
The Honeybee Bumble – Kids Poster
Incredibly, the whole world is 100% reliant on bees and pollinators to survive. These tiny beasts feed the world, and in our farewe...
The Honeybee Bumble – Part 2
When we think of bees and food, we rarely think of all the other lives at risk of extinction in the bee goes bust. We are misguid...
The Honeybee Bumble – The Backyard Beehive Must Go.
We have unwittingly exacerbated the global ecological crisis in what we believe to be a supportive move in protecting agriculture an...
The Mysterious Undertakings of The Miraculous, Part 3 – Kids Activity
Imagine how uninteresting our lives would be without mini-beasts and butterflies. Gardens would be without curiosities, discoveries...
The Mysterious Undertakings of The Miraculous – The Hidden Lives of Mini-beasts and Butterflies, Part 2
In the Jungle of Sulawesi, an island in the Indonesian archipelago, a gruesome discovery was made that has forever changed our point...
Mysterious Undertakings of The Miraculous.
Caterpillars don't make cocoons, nor do they sprout wings, grow a proboscis and curly head-wear from a body that shrunk in size on a...