by bpckle | Sep 14, 2026 | In the Media
Good rainfall and growing resistance to viruses are to blame for growing populations around the country, scientists say
Jojo the rabbit-detecting dog is working eight days on, two days off, running up to 20km a day chasing rabbits in the south-west of Bon Bon reserve in South Australia’s arid centre.
“She’s being kept very busy,” says Dr Pat Taggart, an ecologist with Bush Heritage Australia, a conservation body that owns the former sheep property.
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by bpckle | Sep 13, 2026 | In the Media
The complacency is staggering: just another hot summer, a flooded street, a crop failure. We are accepting this extraordinary deterioration as normal
Recently, I overheard a conversation in a cafe where someone described their toast as “awesome”. I felt myself bristle. Not because the toast wasn’t good – I didn’t taste it – but because I remember a time when “awesome” meant something that inspired awe: towering mountains, the vastness of the night sky, the haunting song of a humpback whale. Now it’s being used to describe breakfast.
“Fantastic” has met the same fate, shedding its fantastical origins to become a synonym for “great”. Meanwhile “literally” has been so thoroughly abused that it can now mean something that is, quite literally, not literal.
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by bpckle | Sep 13, 2026 | In the Media
On Borneo, many believe fires threatening critically endangered orangutans are being deliberately lit to clear land for palm oil plantations.
by bpckle | Sep 13, 2026 | In the Media
Victoria’s recent wet weather and record rainfall have created the best conditions to check out some of the state’s waterfalls.
by bpckle | Sep 12, 2026 | In the Media
Charity urges gardeners in England to swap thirsty brassicas for drought-tolerant crops
They are an integral part of the British Sunday roast – but cauliflowers are now going to be off the menu, according to the Royal Horticultural Society.
England’s climate has changed so much that the RHS is now recommending that gardeners exclude the brassicas from their vegetable patches.
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