Michael Dahlstrom

2 weeks ago | au.yahoo.com | Michael Dahlstrom

Updated 9 June 2025 at 3:16 am·2-min readRangers have issued a stark warning to the public about wrongdoing in national and state forests amid a tough crackdown on illegal activity. It comes after local communities in Queensland expressed their concerns with the Department of Environment (DETSI). Not only were a father and son busted riding their motorbikes illegally in a protected forest, rangers discovered the teenager didn’t hold a licence and his vehicle wasn’t registered.

2 weeks ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Michael Dahlstrom

High above steep ravines and unstable ground disturbed by years of underground mining, a "secret" population of endangered koalas has been discovered. Around 300 of the marsupials are estimated to be hidden in protected forest north of Newcastle, a bustling industrial centre that’s Australia’s seventh-largest city. It’s only through the development of technology that University of Newcastle researchers were able to count the marsupials inside Sugarloaf State Conservation Area.

2 weeks ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Michael Dahlstrom

Just 6km west of Melbourne is a beautiful suburb few people actually know exists. When I moved to Seddon, I developed impostor syndrome. White picket fences and well-tended rose gardens stand in front of single-storey Victorian workers' cottages and Edwardian terrace houses. There’s little traffic in this Melbourne suburb, so kids can play footy on the streets, and at local parks, pubs and cafes, you’ll always bump into someone you know.

3 weeks ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Michael Dahlstrom

In a world-first, tiny worms have been filmed building towers so they can latch onto passing insects. The strategy has been developed to avoid fierce competition when food runs out, allowing them to travel large distances and find new locations to plunder. Although most people have never heard of nematode worms, they’ve probably accidentally eaten one.

3 weeks ago | au.yahoo.com | Michael Dahlstrom

Tropical savannas cover 20 per cent of Australia’s landmass and incorporate some of the nation’s biggest drawcards like Kakadu, Nitmiluk Gorge and Arnhem Land. But in a new paper that many of those in the Northern Territory are facing collapse, threatening the future of its $1.2 billion tourism industry, which has traditionally been built around wild places.