Going the distance: Four awesome multi-day walks in Australasia
From a remote Australian island and the Top End to the mountain passes of New Zealand’s deep south, these long…
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How a sense of awe can be good for your mental health
You don’t have to travel to the moon and back to experience awe. Beautiful art, a walk in nature or dancing in a crowd…
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Beware the ‘bowerbird boys’
Juvenile (effectively teenage) satin bowerbirds are sneaky little thieves. They’ll steal the kitchen sink if it’s not…
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How to save a bandicoot
Eastern barred bandicoots have recently been downgraded from extinct to endangered on mainland Australia, thanks to…
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Thule OutPace 3: Tested
This bike rack promises to make the often stressful bike-carrying exercise nice and easy. We spent six months testing…
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Iron ‘bar’ found in the Ring Nebula
The recently-discovered feature is 'as mysterious as it is unexpected'. The post Iron ‘bar’ found in the Ring Nebula…
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Pilot whales struggling to hear each other over ship noise
As the world's oceans continue to get noisier with human-made sound, scientists have discovered pilot whales are…
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It’s that time of year: Bookings open for New Zealand’s Great Walks
The booking season for New Zealand’s always-popular Great Walks is starting to open, so make sure you get in early for…
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