The bizarre story of when Australia went to war with emus—and lost
A military campaign meant to rid Western Australia of crop-destroying emus ended in failure. But the surreal showdown ...
In Australia, Aboriginal rangers race to save the last sawfish
Once found in tropical oceans around the world, the largetooth sawfish’s range has shrunk by an estimated 60 percent in a ...
This penguin swam 2,000 miles to Australia—and we don't know why
As climate change bears down on Antarctica, understanding why some penguins end up meandering so far from their natural ...
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National Geographic apology: 'We were anticipated to be a dying race'
The National Geographic example reflected a prevailing ideology, according to Karen Mundine, director of Reconciliation Australia. "We were seen as somehow less than human, or at least less than ...