#Biodiversity

Close up of small fluffy yellow flowers

Five seasons in Australia? Meet sprinter and sprummer

It’s autumn – or so you may think. But did autumn really start on 1 March? And why do we observe four seasons, each exactly three months long?

Coral reef with reef fish

Biological treasures need breathing room to cope with climate

With three UNESCO World Heritage Areas under threat from climate change, including Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, scientists have put forward a new approach to making iconic ecosystems more resilient—and it's not just about reducing global emissions.

A small moth with gold and metallic purple specks on its wings standing on a leaf

Small, beautiful, new and very old: meet the Enigma moth

We recently celebrated one of the most exciting discoveries in entomology in the last 40 years – the discovery of a new family of primitive moths. It was found right in our own backyard, on Kangaroo Island in South Australia.

Mapping East Asia’s disappearing tidal flats

Who speaks for the tidal flat? There are many voices for the mangrove forest, the coral reef and the seagrass meadow, but the chorus for the mud, sand and silt flats that sit hidden under shallow water for most of the tidal cycle is often silent.