The older the tree, the more ecologically valuable she is. Photo: ANU Prudent pruning can save trees and property Just when trees reach an age when they are of most…
The verge garden at Ross Street, Belmont is a project of the Valentine Sustainable Neighbourhood Group. Photo: Stuart Carter. Dispense with the grass - landscape the verge The very notion…
Meet the land mullet (Bellatorias major), the largest skink in Australia, and among the largest skinks in the world. Photo: Peter Vaughan, 27 November, 2023 Conservation area is a safety…
Getting a closer look at this little Golden-scruffy, Cryptotrama asprata. Photos: Andrew Slee, 6.12.23 Up the creek without a paddle What's to like about fungi? We'd be up the proverbial…
Kangaroo Paw, Grevillea, Backea, Coastal tea tree, Queensland Blue Grass are some of the plants in this natives on the verge garden in Macquarie Hills. Just visible on the right…
Ockham's Razor Big conservation in small spaces Broadcast 29 October, 2023 - LISTEN HERE - 10 min. Highly recommended Brendan Wintle* clearly sets out the science justifying the need to…
Bandicoot suffers deadly attack WE CAN ONLY SPECULATE as to the 'cause of death' of this precious native animal. Whoever the perpetrator was, this innocent little Bandicoot has been no…
Disturbing deaths at Munibung Hill Craig Patrick reports that two swamp wallabies have died in the Hawkins Creek area recently. "THE CAUSE OF DEATH is unknown but it could possibly…
Munibung Hill makes for an interesting study site because she is for the most part a blank canvas. Precious little research has been done, other than for development applications or…
A most interesting interruption to a working day. Fergus Hancock reports on a microbat that dropped in for a visit. A small visitor came into our house last Thursday. (3…