Bird baths are more than just ornamental splash pools. They’re also a site where animals socialise and intense rivalries play out. And bird bath design, location and cleanliness can have a big impact.
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Humans have eaten insects for centuries, but western diets seem to have lost the taste for them.
In a warming world with a growing population and dwindling resources, we can no longer afford to eat food that’s bad for both our health and the environment.
While South Australia’s storm hasn’t yet been specifically linked to climate change, it’s a reminder of the challenge of delivering essential services in a more variable climate.
In the wake of South Australia’s blackout, politicians have blamed renewables for decreasing the state’s energy security.
The public and political debate about marine reserves often comes down to one thing: fishing.
The rise of urban greening is an opportunity to recast the relationship between people and environment. Humans and non-human species are ecologically intertwined as inhabitants of cities.
Australia has the third largest marine jurisdiction in the world, a vast ocean territory that contains important natural and biological resources. And it needs protecting.
Spring has sprung and gardens are flush with growth. Can this annual spike in plant activity tell us anything about climate change?
South Australia is recovering from a state-wide blackout, and fingers are pointing at the state’s renewable energy industry and climate change.
Australia is pumping 6.5 times more carbon into the atmosphere than the land can absorb.
After record-breaking amounts of sea ice in Antartica, this year we’re seeing record lows.
Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has offered to extend the state’s shark netting and drum lines into New South Wales.
Bill Mollison co-created permaculture - an ambitious alternative to industrial agriculture.
Half of Tasmania’s eastern quolls – Australia’s last population – have disappeared in the past 10 years.
The governing body for our energy market has just missed a major opportunity to modernise our electricity networks.
Scottish Folds are adorable cats with folded ears and owl-like faces. But their cuteness also condemns them to a life of suffering.
Whether you live in an urban apartment or a rural homestead, your outdoor area is more than just a private space. It’s a thriving ecosystem.
New projections suggest the world could warm 3-7 degrees over coming centuries.
An international meeting looks set to approve a mandatory system of carbon offsetting for international flights - a big step forward but one that might be hard to integrate with the Paris Agreement.
On September 27, 1956, an atomic mushroom cloud rose above the Maralinga plain - the first of seven British bomb tests. Why was Australia so keen to put UK military interests ahead of its own people?
A growing body of research literature suggests time spent gardening is as good for the gardener as it is for the garden.
South Australia’s electricity price shock in July showed that Australia hasn’t worked out how to put large amounts of wind energy into the grid.
Victoria’s brown coal Hazelwood station produces 5% of Australia’s electricity, and 3% of the country’s carbon emissions.
BP’s plans for the Bight say it would take 10 days to begin dispersing an oil spill at source, and 35 days for well-capping equipment to reach the site – making it likely that oil would hit the coast.