Candice Marshall

A manufactured lake at the site of the famous Woodford Folk Festival, north-east of Brisbane, is the perfect environment for some rather odd native fish. As crowds of festival goers cooled off in Woodfordia’s Lake Gkula during this summer’s event,…

Weighing in at around 130kg, with shining silver tentacles reaching almost 2m across, is the star of the Queensland Museum exhibition, Insect Agency. This incredible structure, hanging from the museum’s ceiling, is an aluminium casting of the…

Image credit: shutterstock Hearts broke across Australia last month as we watched efforts to save a pod of almost 100 pilot whales stranded on a Western Australia beach eventually fail. Fifty-two of the long-finned pilot whales died initially during…

Just like their domesticated counterparts, it turns out feral cats can’t resist playing with a dangling feather boa. “I couldn’t believe it,” says Alexandra Paton, a PhD student at University of Tasmania’s School of Natural Sciences. “On three…

Image credit: courtesy Sam Robinson Meet the man putting his body on the line – all in the name of science. “I’m interested in what the chemicals are behind pain and how they interact with our bodies to create that pain,” Dr Sam Robinson explains to…

Just a few short hours after stepping foot on Stewart Island / Rakiura I have already checked three birds off my ‘must see’ list. Only metres from the ferry that’s carried me across the blustery Favaux Strait to this southernmost New Zealand…

On the banks of Tasmania’s Macquarie River, at the edge of the historical village of Ross, some very odd-looking structures are dotted along the water’s edge. They form the Species Hotel Sculpture Walk. More than just public art, they play a crucial…

Home News Ningaloo Eclipse: As Exmouth prepares to be plunged into darkness, it’s the small town’s time to shine Image credit: Violeta Brosig/shutterstock Reading Time: 6 Minutes • Print this page The remote Western Australian community of Exmouth…

Image credit: Matt Testoni You’ll never guess where these magnificent coral reefs are found. “Sea whip corals, each about half a metre high, blanket the rocks. When you first spot them, it looks like colourful hairy boulders. “Then, up close, in…

DNA testing is connecting tortoiseshell products with the original geographical origins of the hawksbill turtles they came from, in an effort to trace poachers and crack down on illegal trafficking. Image credit: Shutterstock Do you collect souvenirs…

On the outskirts of Hobart stands a collection of grey steel buildings, surrounded by a tall electrified chain link fence. It almost looks like a small prison. But you won’t find criminals behind these walls. Here, one of Australia’s rarest bird…

One hundred years ago on a remote beach in Western Australia astronomers proved Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. In early September 1922 a group of astronomers sailed to an isolated beach in the Kimberley, set up camp behind a row of sand dunes, and…

When ocularist Paul McClarin died, the art of glass eye making went with him. Paul McClarin knew how important the eyes were to a person’s identity. “It’s really difficult to imagine a more intimate part of the body,” says Sophie Jensen. “For Paul,…

Image credit: courtesy State Library NSW Roll up, roll up, step behind the velvet curtain, and take a trip back in time to Australia’s Golden Age of Magic. It’s Australia, circa 1900s, and you’re on the hunt for some entertainment. There’s no…

The word ‘bog’ doesn’t exactly evoke the most ideal mental imagery, but bogs are, in fact, extremely idyllic. HIgh in the Victorian Alps, the Baw Baw Plateau is home to one of Australia’s most unique ecosystems. It is here that dense, lush vegetation…

Image credit: Pete Walsh/Hobart Rivulet Platypus A grassroots movement in Tasmania’s capital is bringing much-needed attention to the vulnerable Hobart Rivulet platypus population. Flowing from the foot of Mount Wellington, down to the River Derwent,…

When European colonists settled in Australia it wasn’t long before they missed the comforts and familiarities of home. What followed was the introduction of many plants and animals brought over on ships. The European honey bee (Apis mellifera) was…

“Hi, can you rescue a kangaroo – urgent – trapped in rail corridor, South Morang.“ “Two kangaroos, eastern greys (one with joey) in Mickleham – trapped in construction zone.“ “Greenvale: Kangaroo hit by car. Nowhere to go, due to new estate.“ These…

Sitting on the dining table of our chic seaside shack is a welcome book with a page that reads “Please keep the screen door closed, since the resident kangaroos may fancy a nap on the couch in your cabin.” The term ‘resident kangaroos’is no…

Going into it I knew this was never going to be a standard weekend away. But what I didn’t know was just how amazing it was going to be. “Take a seat, I’ll bring over your coffee. Where are you sitting?” “Just on that massive antique couch next to…