Ian Fraser, talking naturally

Orchid season is sliding by, and several species have already packed it in until next spring, but some new ones are still appearing. One hi...

The Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpeculus is a familiar urban mammal in south-eastern Australia; in fact, given that it's had...

On 25 October 1955 the last of the occupying troops (from Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the USA) left Austria where they had been s...

This one also harks back to one of my first postings, entitled When is a REALLY Lousy Photo OK ? Bitterns represent a subfamily of herons, ...

I have previously paid tribute to Namadgi National Park , and I shall doubtless be doing so again. On Sunday I spent the day in the eastern...

When the question of flower-rich Western Australian national parks arises, three names are cited: Fitzgerald River, Stirling Ranges - and L...

Every October Birdlife Australia (originally the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, then Birds Australia and most recently Birdl...

Mottlecah, Eucalyptus macrocarpa , is one of most dramatically-flowering of all eucalypts, though the tree itself is small and scrubby (of m...

The other day, on Gungahlin Hill , I came across a few Murnongs, or Yam Daisies, Microseris lanceolata . I am always pleased when this happ...