Listen up and you'll never look back. We chat to master sound recordist Andrew Skeoch about his new book, Deep Listening to Nature.
Category: People in Nature
Winning hearts with smooth, red bark: the Sydney Red Gum is crowned 2023 Eucalypt of the Year
The Sydney Red Gum, Angophora costata, has just been named 2023 Eucalypt of the Year! It's no wonder the tree is so well-loved, with those fantastically wiggly limbs that capture the imagination, and smooth red bark that calls out to be touched!
Eucalypt of the Year 2023: Who will get the Gum Gong?
Each year on National Eucalypt Day (23 March), Eucalypt Australia announces the Eucalypt of the Year, as decided by the public...
Snowmelt
Immerse yourself in Snowmelt, the new album by Australian sound artists Seaworthy (aka Cameron Webb) and Matt Rösner, through sound, visuals and text.
Adventures on a quiet beach
I’ve always been a little afraid of the sea. Not a cold, paralysing fear – but one imbued with respect. The sea is a cataclysmic giant, influenced by the moon, weather and wind. I still much prefer land. I like dirt, not sand. But there is something alluring about the sea that perpetually draws me back...
The First Scientists: exploring brilliant First Nations innovations with Deadly Science’s Corey Tutt.
The Meriam Elders in the eastern Torres Strait have long known that the stars twinkle because of strong, high winds, and used these dancing stars to predict the coming of the wet season. The Gumbaynggir people would treat wounds with the sap of the bloodwood tree, which crystallised over the cut to stop bleeding and acted as an antiseptic. The Gunditjmara people invented a net to catch eels made of grasses woven into a tube-like shape. Eels would be drawn to the cosy nook, slither in and get stuck - just like a finger trap.
Twenty two shades of sea slugs
All human activities impact the natural environment of Antarctica, but leisure activities have much less potential to benefit Antarctica than those related to science and scientific discovery...
Unfathomable immensity and inescapable fragility: Antarctica beckons travellers to the bottom of the world, but should we go?
All human activities impact the natural environment of Antarctica, but leisure activities have much less potential to benefit Antarctica than those related to science and scientific discovery...
Cornish College Nesting Box Project: Environmental education in the era of remote learning
Teacher Samantha Millar recounts how live-streamed nature has kept her class together and brought joy and learning through six lockdowns and nearly two years of remote learning...
Capturing connections: The inspiration behind Victorian author and illustrator Trace Balla
Self-taught author and illustrator of six books, Trace Balla, walks me through her garden – virtually – and sets me (her computer) down in the studio tucked beside a grapevine at the back of her property in the Dja Dja Wurrung Country of central Victoria...