April 1, 2021
Plight of the platypus
Society
Extreme weather events are affecting this monotreme in unforeseen ways
James Bradley
By this author
April 1, 2019
How Australia’s coal madness led to Adani
Society
The real reasons keeping the Carmichael mine alive
February 1, 2021
A reef history of time
Society
The effort to restore Australia’s once-vast oyster ecosystems
August 1, 2018
The end of the oceans
Society
The world’s oceans and all marine life are on the brink of total collapse
November 1, 2017
The Great Southern Reef
Society
What is killing off the kelp forests along Australia’s coast?
April 1, 2017
Fish have feelings too
Society
Under-the-sea society is much more complex than we imagine
March 1, 2016
Slippery migrants
Society
What eels do when we’re not watching
December 1, 2015
‘The Natural Way of Things’ by Charlotte Wood
Culture
Allen & Unwin; $29.99
November 1, 2013
Christos Tsiolkas’ ‘Barracuda’
Christos Tsiolkas
All fired up
September 4, 2009
Ningaloo sharks
Society
It takes little more than two hours for the spotter planes to locate the first whale shark of the day. Along with the two-dozen or so others who have paid several hundred dollars to spend a day diving with the sharks, I don my mask and flippers in readiness …
June 4, 2008
‘Big Love’, Season 2, SBS Television
arts
It's easy to imagine the pitch for HBO's polygamist drama, Big Love: Everything a normal family faces, times three. It's a neat formula, and it captures much of the pleasure of the series, which centres on the ever-expanding family of the Utah …
June 1, 2005
‘Birds of Australia’s Top End’ by Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
arts
Early on in these pages, Denise Goodfellow marks out some territory. Relating her Aboriginal sister’s reaction to a picture of a cassowary (“What’s this? Different emu?”), she declares: “Rather mischievously I did consider adopting the classificatory …