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    Joseph Schubert recently added to the catalogue of the species by revealing seven new finds which are published in an article on the...
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    October 7th 2022 Today the Yarra spilled over the banks to cover the bike tracks and walking paths, not too much, but enough you ...
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    Grasses that sprout seeded make all of us itch and sneeze, and amongst the gums that host the banks, little tiny buds appear on the ...
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    My girl is rough barked and red, a thin leafed peppermint gum with two bodies erupting from one trunk. Her hair dangles blue-green;...
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    On the summit of Mount Gingera in the Brindabella Ranges, Jessica, a young research scientist, stands alongside one of the most infl...
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    "Our river doesn't glint and ripple with crystalised light or dancing sparkles. Our river churns and grinds, rolls, and rumbles as a...
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    Incredibly, the whole world is 100% reliant on bees and pollinators to survive. These tiny beasts feed the world, and in our farewe...
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    When we think of bees and food, we rarely think of all the other lives at risk of extinction in the bee goes bust. We are misguid...
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    We have unwittingly exacerbated the global ecological crisis in what we believe to be a supportive move in protecting agriculture an...
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    Imagine how uninteresting our lives would be without mini-beasts and butterflies. Gardens would be without curiosities, discoveries...
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    In the Jungle of Sulawesi, an island in the Indonesian archipelago, a gruesome discovery was made that has forever changed our point...
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    Caterpillars don't make cocoons, nor do they sprout wings, grow a proboscis and curly head-wear from a body that shrunk in size on a...
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    Nudibranchs are not only brilliantly adorned harlequin shapeshifters and chemical manufacturing killing machines - These oceanic wo...
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    Theres' a Disco in The Sea, and You're invited! - Down below, where you hardly ever go - the world of a Nudibranch is a cornucopia...
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    A celebration of Nudibranchs. Sea slugs that are brilliantly coloured, strangely beautiful and defy biological convention. Find out...
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    Sharing the story of this particular species, because of their profound uniqueness - might help change the perception of those not t...
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    Sharing the story of this particular species, because of their profound uniqueness - might help change the perception of those not t...
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    Sharing the story of this particular species, because of their profound uniqueness - might help change the perception of those not t...
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    They have been dubbed "genius" by Sir David Attenborough in his narration of Porche. Scientists believe that Jumping Spiders are br...
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    "More Extraordinary Than a Flying Pig",- Says Christopher Meehan, Biologist and Natural Historian. How could it be that a solely ca...
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    Unlike any other spider species, the Jumping spiders have a vision so advanced it is equivalent to a cat or small dog and has the sa...
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    Follow the story of Maureen, the lady jumping spider I made friends with over tea. Part 2 of The Spider Diary takes a closer look i...
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    It is heartwarming to know that life, no matter what, always has something new to surprise us with - even when it seems too many aw...
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    Do you ever have the feeling when dancing in a crowd with all your friend of being so happy that you could burst out of your skin, t...
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    Do you ever have the feeling when dancing in a crowd with all your friend of being so happy that you could burst out of your skin, t...
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    Now a rare and endangered species of marsupial, the koalas spend their days in the treetops of the eucalyptus tree, eating and sleep...
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    Everyone has the power to #ShapeOurFuture this Earth Hour This Earth Hour, we’re calling on Australians to sign up and join a worl...
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    Everyone has the power to #ShapeOurFuture this Earth Hour This Earth Hour, we’re calling on Australians to sign up and join a wor...
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    Listening to natural sounds is more than pleasure. It is healing. It helps to recalibrate our overworked minds and soften our worri...
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    It is time to make friends with trees. Do you have a favourite tree that you play under, climb in or gaze at regularly? If not - t...
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    Trees are social and emotional beings like we are. They have families, live in communities, communicate via a vast underground commu...
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    When I feel off, I know what to do!. Run to the nearest parkland, water source, or wilderness and stay there until I feel normal ag...
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    Nature Gazing You have a complete view of the milky way on the balcony, and stars beam superbly bright, nothing like the city. C...
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    This unique documentary, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, catalogues footage captured during the lockdowns of 2020. The footage r...
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    I crossed over the bridge to my place, and hedging the narrow walkway of the bridge and paths was the unmissable Carnival of fluffy ...
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    For the next few weeks, take a walk with me through the place of the Wurundjeri Woiwurrung. I will help you see what I see as I walk...
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    The night sky is our very own library in the stars. The stars and planets, galaxies and cosmic dust are our ancestors, mythically an...
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    The Milky Way is one of the billions in the universe, and not all are peaceful and life-supporting. Galaxies are places of cosmic dr...
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    There are places so dark on this planet that no light exists, places that are silent, secret and too far deep for humans to reach. I...
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    In the forest, along coastlines, at the deepest parts of the sea and hidden away in the quiet of dark caves are creatures that light...
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    There lives beneath a bloom of orange horseshoes, tucked away into the hillside, a trapdoor spider; The guardian to a miniature bush...
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    The world of mushrooms and microbes and mould is a wondrous place full of colour and weird shapes. Often tiny and hidden out of sig...
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    Frogs and toads are incredible little creatures, their diversity and habitats just as broad. Check out some amazing facts on frogs!...
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    A single bat can eat up to 3000 small flying insects in an hour. Bats keep our flying insect populations in check, imagine if there ...
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    The industrial world is eating the natural one. And we do not seem to understand the fallout from the giant global environmental nig...
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    Dressed to impress, hermit crabs share their spacious abode with a garden of friends. Stacked atop their spiralled homes are sea ane...
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    We are blessed to live on a continent abundant with native animals and plant species. Creatures live here that are found nowhere els...
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    Out of the billions of bacteria and viruses that exist in every litre of seawater, only one inhabits the Bobtail Squids body. A ligh...
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    Koalas limited food supply has altered due to drought and the quantity and quality of their food source diminished. The Eucalyptus l...
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    We are totally reliant on each other and all other species of plant, animal, fungi, insect and invertebrate in the world. Tiny chang...
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    Whenever did you expect spiders to be likened to little kittens and puppies, or named after works of art by Van Gogh ??. The way yo...
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    If you are lucky enough to have frogs inhabit your backyard be kind to them. Learn what you can do to encourage our distant cousins ...
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    The Pangolin is the worlds only genuinely scaly mammal. In recent times this rare creature sits at the centre of the Coronavirus out...
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    The Ghost Bat may look a little bit odd with his super-sized ears, and curios shaped nose but he is still an adorable creature to be...
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    Colour in your own frog and hang it on your wall. More than 4,200 amphibian species are at risk of extinction due to disease, habit...
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