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...
Category: People in Nature
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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...
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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...
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Playing the long game: Norfolk Island’s coral reef and lagoons
One thing that has become clear to me on this journey is that we have some amazing things here on Norfolk Island – species that are rare and perhaps even endangered. Some species that are endemic to this island, and some that may even be new to science...
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Birds on the antenna: lessons from a year of lockdown in Sri Lanka
I started waking up early to watch the sunrise and took note of the birds that frequented the TV antennae of neighbouring rooftops...
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Need help picking your Eucalypt of the Year? Maybe our Eucalypt Champions can help!
Each year on National Eucalypt Day (23 March), Eucalypt Australia announces the Eucalypt of the Year, as decided by the public...
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Euc beaut! Who will win Eucalypt of the Year in 2021?
Each year on National Eucalypt Day (23 March), Eucalypt Australia announces the Eucalypt of the Year, as decided by the public...
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Emergence
When I wake, I head to the forest, where all is damp and the air is fresh. As always, my senses are on full alert...
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Of bird nests and bench grinders
She and her mate are bush songsters. Their melodious whistling reverberates among the eucalypts each morning and reminds me, as I lie in bed, that I have come home....
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Bird week round-up: our team’s favourite Aussie birds
Here in Australia we are so blessed to have an incredible range of colourful, interesting and unique birdlife. Each year, National Bird Week gets us all a-flutter at Remember The Wild...