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One woman wears an white protective suit and has a large plastic jug strapped to her back; another woman stands next to her as both inspect a branch of a bush.

Aboriginal rangers use traditional knowledge to protect their lands

A government program has created 800 full-time Indigenous rangers who patrol to make sure water sources are clean and restore resources damaged by intensive farming practices.

Booming Coal Exports Threaten the Great Barrier Reef

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Australia Declares Largest Indigenous Protected Area

Environment

Big Cod, Strawberry, and a Worm, Australia’s Roadside Attractions

Arts, Culture & Media
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First Impressions of Sydney

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Gap in Nature

As part of our occasional series “A Gap in Nature,” author Tim Flannery chronicles the rise and fall of a marsupial hunter called the thylacine.

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A Gap in Nature

Tim Flannery has the next in our continuing series on the rise and fall of extinct species with a look at the rice rat of the West Indies.

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Gap in Nature

As part of our occasional series “A Gap in Nature,” author Tim Flannery chronicles the rise and fall of a marsupial hunter called the thylacine.

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Gap in Nature

In the latest installment in our occasional series “A Gap in Nature,” author Tim Flannery tells us the story of the Stick Nest Rat of Australia.

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Smoky Bay

Alaska, smoke and memories: former firefighter Geo Beach tells how one morning, it all came together.