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Illustration by Jeff Fisher

May, 2022

Where did all the bogongs go?

By Anthony Ham

The drastic decline of the bogong moth could have disastrous ecological consequences

Image of flood waters rising in Lismore, New South Wales, March 29, 2022. Image © Darren England / AAP Images

April, 2022

No relief

By Kieran Pender

From fires to floods, Australia is failing our disaster survivors

Photo of Marind community members sharing dreams of being eaten by oil palm

April, 2022

The psychic terror wrought by palm-oil production

By Sophie Chao

How oil-palm plantations have uprooted the lives and dreams of a Papuan community

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

April, 2022

Flooding back

By Sarah Holland-Batt

Watching the Brisbane River swell, once more, to a destructive force

Flood scene from Lismore, New South Wales, February 28, 2022

April, 2022

Past the warning stage on climate

By Joëlle Gergis

The floods and the advent of the climate emergency

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

March, 2022

Rain on the rock

By Rachel Withers

The spectacle of Uluru after a storm, and what it might symbolise

Image of a house with solar panels in Queensland. Image via Kgbo / Wikimedia Commons

February, 2022

The future of homes is electric

By Saul Griffith

Adapting our households to lock in climate-friendly behaviour is easier than you might think

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

February, 2022

Are there too many crocs in the Top End?

By Anthony Ham

A recent spate of attacks is a reminder that Darwin was founded in the middle of crocodile habitat

Image of sculpture by Jane Bamford

December, 2021

The artist making sculpture for penguins

By Keely Jobe

How creating sculpture for animals is transforming wildlife conservation and the art world

Illustration by Jeff Fisher

December, 2021

Echidna poo has changed our understanding of human evolution

By Kieran Pender

Citizen science is not only helping echidna conservation, but changing how we think about evolution