Taking The Eyre

Nailing the perfect shot of Lake Eyre in flood isn’t easy, even with a bird’s-eye view, but expert tuition helps a group of keen shutterbugs zone in on the essentials of this rare spectacle.

Finding Flinders

Archaeologists solve a 200-year mystery in central London by uncovering the remains of revered explorer Matthew Flinders, who led the first known circumnavigation of Australia.

Symbol Of The Kimberley

What are the origins of Western Australia’s iconic boab tree, whose only living relatives survive far away in Africa?

Spice Of Life

Follow the heady scent of nutmeg and cloves north of Australia and west of New Guinea to explore the exotic Maluku Islands of Indonesia.

Creating A Super-Park

The forests of Victoria’s Central Highlands are a picturesque greenbelt crucial to Melbourne’s water supply and could soon be included in a huge new national park.

Fabled Fortune

Since its purported discovery more than 120 years ago, Lasseter’s Reef, a fabled gold-rich outback quartz vein, has eluded both fortune-hunters and researchers.

Skiing The Back Country

Leave behind the manicured slopes used by most skiers and head for the valleys and peaks of Main Range in Kosciuszko National Park for an exhilarating three-day off-piste adventure.

Sydney Submerged

There’s a wild world thriving in the meandering waterways and coastal strip of our largest city.

Surviving The Kimberley

To experience the predicament that almost killed two stranded German aviators in 1932, a modern-day adventurer sets off solo into the Kimberley with only minimal supplies.

Arkaba Adventure

Rimmed by spectacular ochre-coloured cliffs and wending its way past ancient red gums and through wildflower-studded grasslands, this four-day Flinders Ranges walk is a captivating must-do.

Great Ocean Walk

From cliff-top vistas to surf-pounded beaches and eucalypt woodlands, this multi-day trek showcases the best of coastal Victoria.

Turtle Troubles

A native turtle decimated by a mystery killer disease is being brought back from the brink of extinction with community help.

Seeds Of Doubt

Should we feed our native birds? The answer is not so simple.

Taipan Territory

An encounter with one of the world’s most venomous snakes in an Australian desert: what more could a reptile enthusiast want?​​​

In Season

Australia’s farmers are delivering food in new and old ways.

Shifting Boundaries

The disastrous consequences of foxes, cane toads and other overseas animals settling in Australia are well known. But there can be problems too when our native species move beyond their natural home ranges.

Howe Magnificent

Volunteers on the third annual Australian Geographic Society Lord Howe Island scientific expedition helped discover insect species previously unknown to science.

A Dog's Life

From law enforcement to herding livestock and protecting endangered animals, dogs serve us in many important ways.

Wild Exposures

This years best nature photographs shine a spotlight on creatures and places manyof us might otherwise never see.

Reaching For The Sky

Flying ace and 2013 Australian Geographic Young Adventurer of the Year, Ryan Campbell, has a message to take to the world and nothing can stop him.

Chain Of Isles

Granite cliffs, white-sand beaches and clear blue waters typify the remote and ruggedly beautiful islands of theRecherche Archipelago, Western Australia.

Toxic Tides

An environmental disaster looms for remote East Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory, as tonnes of waste wash up on its shores.

Southern Exposure

The 2017 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year, Justin Gilligan, turns his creative eye to the uniqueicy world of beauty and contrast that he found at the end of the Earth on an expedition to East Antarctica.

City-Slicker Dragons

Australia’s water dragons are being changed by urban life.

The Last Muster

The end of an era was perfectly captured by Grenville Turner on a classic outback cattle station.

Wildlife CSI

Australian science is catching up with illegal traffickers of precious wildlife.

Fruits Of The Sea

To the people of Arnhem Land, shellfish and other sea creatures nourish a link to country and culture.

Sir Joseph Banks And His Florilegium

It has been 250 years since naturalist Joseph Banks sailed to the Pacific with James Cook aboard HMB Endeavour. During the voyage, Banks and his team made the first scientific collections of Australian flora. Their specimens were sketched by Sydney Parkinson, whose pioneering illustrations were published last year.

Flocking Back To Wool

When our Test cricketers run onto the pitch they wear wool grown in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. The region’s hardy flocks and their enterprising producers provide a neat snapshot of today’s Australian wool industry.

Aussie ‘otters'

Our biggest rat is a surprisingly endearing water creature with glossy fur and fabulous whiskers.