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“Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive, and even spiritual satisfaction.”

– Edward O. Wilson

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An extraordinary day in the life of a field scientist

I went to take a closer look at the first Slender-billed White-eye nest I had ever seen. Nestled at the bottom was a single precious egg...

Sinking into the sand – growing up wild in Gippsland

Wilderness comes in many forms. There is the wilderness which is sprawling and green, which pushes out from the sand dunes and creeps upwards into the light...

Threatened species day is an event, but extinction is a process

Setting aside a single day of the year for threatened species awareness posits extinction as an event. But extinction is a process.

A time-travelling botanist and Australia’s first plants

The vast continent of Australia is home to some of the world’s most unusual plants, so it’s hardly surprising that the extinct plants that once dwelt here were just as strange...

One farm, one mission to save a turtle population

A nesting season had just passed and three protected nests had successfully born hatchlings. I was anxiously anticipating the next nesting...

Reptiles of Victoria: 40 years of chasing Victoria’s reptiles

Reptiles of Victoria is an extensive, user-friendly and engaging account of the staggering reptile diversity of Victoria. It has filled a niche left empty in the literature for far too long...