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3 weeks ago | 
australiangeographic.com.au | Candice Marshall
The emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today – including humans. Our new discovery, published today in Nature, details ancient fossil footprints found in Australia that upend the early evolution timeline of all tetrapods. It also suggests major parts of the story could have played out in the southern supercontinent of Gondwana.
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1 month ago | 
australiangeographic.com.au | Candice Marshall
Large kangaroos today roam long distances across the outback, often surviving droughts by moving in mobs to find new food when pickings are slim. But not all kangaroos have been this way. In new research published today in PLOS One, we found giant kangaroos that once lived in eastern Australia were far less mobile, making them vulnerable to changes in local environmental conditions.
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1 month ago | 
australiangeographic.com.au | Candice Marshall
Beginning with the smallest of soaks atop Mount Baw Baw high in the Victorian Alps, the Yarra River flows through pristine forests, national park, farming land and residential areas before famously winding through the city of Melbourne and into the mudflats of Port Phillip Bay, some 242km from its genesis. The river provides Melbourne with 70 per cent of its drinking water and supports productive agriculture.
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2 months ago | 
einnews.com | Candice Marshall
Full Circle Electronics Appoints Dave Daily as CEO to Drive Growth and Innovation Seasoned Private Equity-Backed Executive to Lead Full Circle Electronics in Expanding Secure IT Asset Disposition and Sustainable Recycling Solutions.
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2 months ago | 
australiangeographic.com.au | Candice Marshall
This Cold War saga and the information the couple passed to local authorities had global implications, identifying spy networks around the world and affecting Australia’s political balance of power for decades. An intense post-World War II rivalry between the USA and its allies (including Australia), and the Soviet Union and its satellite states, the Cold War pitted democratic capitalism against single-party communism. Much of the world aligned with either side.
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2 months ago | 
australiangeographic.com.au | Candice Marshall
Eric Philips is counting down the days until he becomes the fourth Australian to go to space, and the first Australian to fly with SpaceX. “To this day, I’ve not felt any nerves. I don’t have any trepidation,” he tells Australian Geographic. “I mean, there are elements, of course, that have already felt real. The training that we’ve done, the communication with the wider SpaceX family, the times that we’ve had as a crew to ponder and contemplate and talk about every element of this mission.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
australiangeographic.com.au | Candice Marshall
The ocean has always been a muse for Sheree Marris, inspiring a career brimming with adventure, discovery and storytelling. “Growing up on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, I spent my childhood exploring mangroves, rocky reefs and sandy shores,” she says. “My natural curiosity deepened when I began volunteering with dolphin researchers in Port Phillip Bay.”This experience set her on the path to becoming a marine biologist, award-winning author and science communicator.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
australiangeographic.com.au | Candice Marshall
“My jaw dropped when I realised what it was,” says Dr Tim Henderson, a resident ecologist at Australian Wildlife Conservancy’s (AWC) Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary. It was at this sanctuary – on Ngalia Warlpiri and Luritja Country west of Alice Springs – that Tim recently spotted a “large, reddish-brown bird of prey flying overhead” while conducting routine radio-tracking of possums.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
australiangeographic.com.au | Candice Marshall
The confirmation was announced by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) – the United Nations’ climate organisation – detailing the number was 1.55°C (with a margin of uncertainty of ± 0.13°C) above the years 1850-1900 average. This number is significant as 1.5°C is one of the key internationally agreed warming thresholds set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement, to combat climate change. The report also confirmed that 2024 was – unsurprisingly – the warmest year on record.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
australiangeographic.com.au | Candice Marshall
I squint my eyes in a vain attempt to see more clearly. The water is so dark, so still, that it perfectly reflects the paperbark branches overhanging the riverbank. I struggle to identify where the water ends and the shore begins. My field of view is filled with nothing but nature. I can hear only birdsong and the odd puff of wind moving through the sedges. There’s a soft scent of tea tree in the air. If it wasn’t for the kayak I was sitting in, I could easily convince myself I’d gone back in time.
