One night in April , Wilkinson and his colleagues saw what appeared to be a Sugar Glider ; it scampered up into the foliage of a nearby Blackwood ( Acacia melanoxylon ) tree . With a clear view of the animal , Wilkinson noticed that it ...
The First Wave includes poetry by Yankunytjatjara Aboriginal poet Ali Cobby Eckermann, fiction by Miles Franklin award-winning Noongar author Kim Scott and Danielle Clode, and an account of the arrival of Christian missionaries in the ...
The remarkable story of the killer whales of Eden -- their skills, intelligence and their surprisingly cooperative behaviour and relationship with the nineteenth century whalers.
Step back to a time when giant goannas and marsupial lions stalked the Australian bush. Imagine herds of two-tonne Diprotodon roaming the plains, and flocks of flightless ducks bigger than emus striding across the shallow inland sea.
climate crisis 11, 40, 262, 264–5, 277–8, 284 climate fluctuations impact on Australian biodiversity 42–3, 79–80, 173, 174–5, 234, 252–3, 284 impact on koalas 42–3, 80, 133 climbing 46–7, 50 humans 194–5 koalas 60–3, 64, 67–70, ...
Danielle Clode, the award-winning author of Prehistoric giants: the megafauna of Australia, takes you to the best fossil sites so you can learn about the incredible animals that once roamed this ancient land.
Sharing the latest scientific insights and myth-busting facts, all woven through Clode's award-winning storytelling, Koala takes readers up into the trees to reveal the truth about this extraordinary animal and what must be done to ensure ...