Wet season signs
SCRIBBLY GUM: The northern half of Australia starts to get steamy from November. For the clued-up observer, there are a number of tell tale signs in nature that the rains are approaching, heralding the...
View ArticleNardoo, the desert fern
SCRIBBLY GUM: The recent Queensland floods will trigger the germination of one of the strangest and most notorious plants in Australia.
View ArticleIbis invasion
SCRIBBLY GUM: Australian white ibis - or 'tip turkeys' as many call them - are a nuisance in cities, especially in the spring breeding season. But scientists fear they may become extinct as more...
View ArticleMurray-Darling Basin Quiz
QUIZ: It's Australia's best known river system and our nation's food bowl but how well do you really know the Murray-Darling Basin? Take our quiz and find out.
View ArticleGaps in flood knowledge: experts
FLOOD PREDICTIONS: As floods continue to cover parts of Australia, scientists are calling for an urgent change in thinking on how we predict and cope with flood events.
View ArticleOrbital mechanics affect methane levels
MYSTERY SOLVED: Changes in the Earth's orbit, not human activity, may be behind a subtle increase in methane levels 5000 years ago, according to new research.
View ArticlePort Phillip Bay once high and dry
CHANGING LANDSCAPE: A new study says Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay was dry ground with a couple of meandering rivers a thousand years ago.
View ArticleAcid frogs keep cool head during fires
TAKING THE HEAT: Some species of frogs can happily cope with the heat of bushfires by retreating to the safety of wetlands or the moist underground, new Australian research has shown.
View ArticleThe way of the water lilies
INDIGENOUS SCIENCE: Where Western science meets Indigenous knowledge to care for billabongs.
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