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Big Picture: Free Falls • Florence Falls, in the Northern Territory’s Litchfield NP, flows year round but peaks during the Wet. The falls’ plunge pool is popular with locals around Christmas time, when visitors thin out, deterred by high humidity.

Geobits: Bite-sized news and events

Snapshot: Taking up the torch • The 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games changed how the world saw Australia – and how Australia saw itself.

Space: The many sides of Saturn

Treading Lightly: Blades of glory • Let’s take a closer look at an often-overlooked superstar of the Australian landscape.

Need to Know with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki: Solar panel waste in perspective

Defining moments: Cataraqui shipwreck • 1845 Australia’s deadliest maritime civil disaster claims 400 lives.

Tim the Yowie Man: Drinks all round

Turning climate ambition into action • As global climate negotiations move from promises to implementation, Australia has a rare opportunity to help shape the next phase.

Talking climate change • The next annual international review of the world’s progress on climate change – COP31 – gets underway in Türkiye this month. This guide to the often confusing terms you’ll hear used – along with the explainer overleaf – will help you understand what’s going on and where Australia stands in terms of international commitments.

Following his nose • For some of Australia’s hardest-to-find threatened species, locating them is the first step towards conserving them. And sometimes the best tool for that has four legs, a tail and an extraordinary nose.

Underwater elegy • The decline of the giant cuttlefish in Upper Spencer Gulf is one visible sign of wider ecological change across the Great Southern Reef, where loss of marine life often goes unnoticed.

The lighthouse keepers wife • Archaeologists have exhumed a grave on Low Island and uncovered a story buried for nearly 150 years.

Fighting for fire’s smallest victims • More frequent and severe fire events pose a dire challenge for even the most adaptable Aussie creatures. Now scientists are mapping the traits of our invertebrate species to help them survive.

Hunting for titans • Deep in the ancient forests of south-west Western Australia are thought to lurk colossal karri trees – taller than any yet recorded. We follow the arborists who are hot on the trail of these fabled giants.

’tis the season to be worried • Where have our Christmas beetles gone? Researchers are hoping to find out.

Investing in nature • The five winners of the 2026 Australian Geographic Awards for Nature are safeguarding the ecological foundations on which all life depends.

What’s next for bird flu • The arrival of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza on the Australian mainland is galvanising nature lovers across the country as the virus threatens to devastate our wildlife.

Soul of the nation • After a massive $500 million-plus expansion, the Australian War Memorial offers new insight into the nation’s military history and even more reasons to visit Canberra.

Secrets of seadragons • With the help of citizen scientists and artificial intelligence, researchers are uncovering the natural history of Australia’s seadragons.

To the ends of the Earth • Filmed over three years in some of our planet’s coldest, driest, windiest places, the new Australian...