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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.

The World

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.