Yesterday I was asked – what do koalas do? How are they important? After all, how can something that just sits in a tree all day be much use to …
I’ve only just started listening to this podcast series but it’s already blowing my mind. Stevenson leads a growing gaggle of comedians from a diversity of countries that are not …
VicForests just won a landmark Federal court case against the local community, throwing light on an outdated definition of sustainability. Ironically, the judge ruled in favour of over 20 individual …
Seaspiracy on Netflix: a review. The reaction from marine scientists is baffling.
Poor people who can’t feed themselves can’t afford to save wildlife. So when we talk about stopping eating fish altogether, we must clearly caveat that with some exceptions. Because eating …
There is a mouse plague in Australia. It’s costing some farmers $200,000 – $300,000 in lost crops and the numbers are so great, they are even getting into hospitals and …
They say a picture paints a thousand words but acoustics is more powerful than any other sense. It conveys a vast density of information that, for the most part, is …
Koala ConservationWhy is animal conservation important? Animal conservation is important, because animals are the only mechanism to create biodiversity, which is the mechanism that creates a habitable planet for humans. …
There is a lovely statement in the opening paragraph of Tyson Yunkaporta’s book Sand Talk. It says that ‘fifty per cent of the echidna brain is used for some of …
Tuna’s Last Stand A really well researched (long read) in Hakai Magazine about the rise of the tinned tuna industry and how this has depleted larger species, leaving Skipjack. The …
