Nature
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Backyard beekeeping is on the rise as bee populations come under threat
The hobby has surged in recent years and is offering a welcome distraction to bee enthusiasts across the country. Sarah…
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Coronavirus: Global emissions dropped by 17 per cent during pandemic peak
Restrictions in place because of coronavirus resulted in global emissions declining by 17 per cent in April, a new study…
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Fears of corporate takeover as SA Government seeks to put quotas on fisheries
SA Primary Industries Minister Tim Whetstone this month outlined key goals of a $24.5 million Marine Scalefish Fishery reform package…
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New High Seas Treaty Could Be a Gamechanger for the Ocean
Most of us have never been to the world’s immense last wilderness and never will. Tara Lohan The Revelator It’s…
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Tonight’s ‘supermoon’ is a great opportunity for photographers
Tonight, they may finally get an image of a full moon, one of a handful they still need to document…
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Environmentalists urge countries to emerge from coronavirus lockdowns cleaner and greener
One striking effect of the shutdown of much of normal human activity in recent weeks has been something of re-emergence…
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‘Compelling evidence’ logging native forests has worsened Australian bushfires, scientists warn
A group of senior Australian scientists have warned in an international journal that logging native forests makes fire more severe…
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Flamingos flock to a locked-down Mumbai
Huge numbers of the birds have flocked to Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra state in western India, with photos of…
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False Bay’s great white sharks have vanished, and the answer may be in our fish and chips
Now, they have completely disappeared. Jessica Hamilton ABC News While local surfers might have relaxed, the absence of the apex…
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Rays, sharks, and dolphins enjoy new freedom as humans abandon oceans
Rays, sharks, and dolphins are among the animals enjoying new-found enjoy new freedom as humans desert the world’s oceans and…
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Catch a fish, win $1 million.
It was designed to be the perfect lure for fishermen: win a million dollars by catching an elusive barramundi in…
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Planet of the Humans
Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth…
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Aerial photos show ‘the human planet’—in all its beauty and pain
On Friday, March 13, I returned one last time to National Geographic’s deserted offices, which had closed the day before…
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Polluted, drained, and drying out: new warnings on New Zealand’s rivers and lakes
Almost all New Zealand rivers running through urban and farming areas (95-99%) carry pollution above water quality guidelines, while most…
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Evidence suggest 90 mln-year rainforest in Antarctica
British and German scientists examined samples from the ocean bottom using a machine drill on a research ship near Pine…
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Climate change: Warming clips the nightingale’s wings
Researchers in Spain found that over a 20-year period, nightingales had evolved smaller wingspans. Matt McGrath BBC News The scientists…
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