Stories

Carole Papion

As a curious appreciator of wildlife, urban strolls are never completely lonely, I often stop to observe or steal a picture of lichens anchored on the quay before noticing ducks are passing below.

Fungi Leave No Resource Unused

Brett Summerell

If it wasn't for these fungi then our landscapes would be overrun by animal dung!

Magpies, Improvising Musicians?

Tim Curnick

Their song is a kind of call and response. In this case it seems that the female leads the call and the male responds, which triggers a response in turn from the female.

Nature is a Spectator Sport

Jacob Sife

Hiding out in a clumsily constructed bird hide, more accurately described as a sheet, armed only with a camera...waiting for an owl

Encountering the Traveller’s Palm

Sophie Chao

Standing at the palm’s base and looking up, I feel myself elongated and rising along the tree’s thick, upward-growing stems

Mutant Firebugs

Jonathon Turnbull

My first encounter with a firebug was in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone... A biologist picked up a firebug and pointed to its asymmetrical back pattern as evidence of the effects of radiation on Chernobyl’s wildlife

Wooden Birds

Robert Whiteley

The lakes are now the home to an abundance of birds from White and Glossy Ibis to a myriad of ducks, Purple Swamp Hens as well as Swans, Spoonbills, Egrets, Cormorants and Darters.

Heaven of Tulips

Amy Vu

When I entered through the archway of Floriade Canberra, I was instantly captivated by the vibrant and beautiful colours of the tulips.