Recent wet weather in the arid plains of central Australia prompted the wildlife ecologist and bird enthusiast Dr Tim Henderson to stop last week at a small lake to see if any waterbirds had shown up. While there, above his head came a sight many birdwatchers wait a lifetime for: the red goshawk, Australia’s rarest…
Martin R, 28, Bristol Occupation Studying for a PhD in political theory Voting record Has voted for centre-left parties in France and Spain. He can’t vote in the UK, but would probably vote Green if he could Amuse bouche Despite his dual French/Spanish nationality, he has never lived in either country, having been born in…
NFL Championship Round picks: Consider Bills and Eagles this weekend Lorenzo Reyes is back with his best bet for the AFC and NFC Championship games. He also threw in a couple of bonus player prop bets for those interested. The NFL’s version of the Final Four is just about set for kickoff Sunday, both berths…
Samsung just held its Unpacked event and the company announced all kinds of new products. The most notable of the bunch, however, was likely the Galaxy S25 Ultra flagship smartphone. It’s the most powerful of the just-announced S25 line and Amazon is offering a pretty swell pre-order bonus, to the tune of a $200 gift…
Evolving a dig-in-the-dark mole lifestyle comes with radical anatomical changes, making it hard even to guess the animal’s closest relatives. That’s why the true identity of Australia’s most enigmatic and cryptic mammal, the marsupial mole, has been called into question for decades. The two fit-in-your-hand Notoryctes species are elusive. “I’ve never handled, or even seen,…
Lukhanyo Calata’s first memory of his father was the funeral. His mother sobbing, the earth beneath his feet shaking from the number of people gathered at the graveside, and the fear he felt aged three as the red box holding his father, Fort, was lowered into the ground. Fort Calata was one of four men…