NATURE

It’s a bumper year for wild mushrooms – here’s what you could find in the woods today

It’s a bumper year for wild mushrooms – here’s what you could find in the woods today

Millions of bogong moths are blanketing our cities and they are still endangered

Millions of bogong moths are blanketing our cities and they are still endangered

Medieval monks were early ecologists and left a wealth of knowledge for later generations of gardeners

Medieval monks were early ecologists and left a wealth of knowledge for later generations of gardeners

Fossilised pollen reveals how forests can protect Lough Neagh and other waterways

Fossilised pollen reveals how forests can protect Lough Neagh and other waterways

Why we give flowers to those in grief – or buy them for ourselves when we’re sad

Why we give flowers to those in grief – or buy them for ourselves when we’re sad

NZ’s resource management rules have been rewritten. What happens after the election?

NZ’s resource management rules have been rewritten. What happens after the election?

Werewolf mice, ghostly frogs and zombie cockroaches: the animal versions of our Halloween horrors

Werewolf mice, ghostly frogs and zombie cockroaches: the animal versions of our Halloween horrors

Bottom trawlers do huge damage to life on undersea mountains. Could an end finally be in sight?

Bottom trawlers do huge damage to life on undersea mountains. Could an end finally be in sight?

Calling species ‘invasive’ – and culling them – isn’t done lightly. But it matters to Australia’s threatened species

Calling species ‘invasive’ – and culling them – isn’t done lightly. But it matters to Australia’s threatened species

While some eucalypts are hard to kill, climate change may test the ability of others to survive

While some eucalypts are hard to kill, climate change may test the ability of others to survive

From ‘gentle’ and ‘graceful’ to the ‘cane toad of the sky’: how Australia turned on the common myna

From ‘gentle’ and ‘graceful’ to the ‘cane toad of the sky’: how Australia turned on the common myna

Moths in art history: centuries of creativity reveal the beauty of a misunderstood insect

Moths in art history: centuries of creativity reveal the beauty of a misunderstood insect