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Image Credit: PT Hirschfield (www.pinktankscuba.com) From April to July each year, thousands of Australian Giant Spider Crabs moult in Port Philip Bay, Victoria, seeking safety in numbers while they are in such a vulnerable state. Sadly, in recent years intensive...

Backyard Birding The May/June 2020 edition of my Bird Nerd column in the wonderful Australian Geographic Magazine is called "Backyard Birding". It talks about the movements of the backyard birds that we see from the comfort of our own homes (more so during the...

Bushfire RecoveryHelp Me Support the Recovery of Australia's Wildlife Following the Recent Devastating Bushfire Season... We have had one of the worst bushfire seasons on record. I have been chatting to Conservation Volunteers Australia recently about the great work...

The March/April 2020 edition of my 'Bird Nerd' column in the wonderful Australian Geographic Magazine is now available. This article is called 'Fire: Friend and Foe', and talks about the impacts that bushfires, including the recent devastating 2019/2020 fires in Vic,...