Glow in The Dark – The Darlings of The Night
In the forest, along coastlines, at the deepest parts of the sea and hidden away in the quiet of dark caves are creatures that light...
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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.
Grasshopper to Locust – Serotonin. Good Vibes. Big Changes.
Do you ever have the feeling when dancing in a crowd with all your friend of being so happy that you could burst out of your skin, t...
Hermit Crabs – No More Plastic In the Sea
Dressed to impress, hermit crabs share their spacious abode with a garden of friends. Stacked atop their spiralled homes are sea ane...
Kids Fungi Adventures – The Incredible Kingdom of Fungi
The world of mushrooms and microbes and mould is a wondrous place full of colour and weird shapes. Often tiny and hidden out of sig...
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...
Making Friends With Trees – Nature Gazing, Part 3
Trees are social and emotional beings like we are. They have families, live in communities, communicate via a vast underground commu...
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;...
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...
Natural History – The Hawaiian Bobtail Squid
Out of the billions of bacteria and viruses that exist in every litre of seawater, only one inhabits the Bobtail Squids body. A ligh...
Natural History – The Koala
Koalas limited food supply has altered due to drought and the quantity and quality of their food source diminished. The Eucalyptus l...
Natural History, The Red-Eyed Tree Frog
We are totally reliant on each other and all other species of plant, animal, fungi, insect and invertebrate in the world. Tiny chang...
Natural History: The Short-beaked Echidna
We are blessed to live on a continent abundant with native animals and plant species. Creatures live here that are found nowhere els...