17 May 2021

Spiky grubs, tiny bats and the giant stinging tree

posted in: Tales of science | 0

Meet the punk caterpillar who’s willing to take on some of Australia’s most fearsome plants (the Gympie Stinger and Shiny-leaved Stinging Tree), and spends part of its life masquerading as a bat. In recent years it’s also begun to devour … Read More
26 Aug 2015

Enter the jungle – a portrait of wet rainforest

posted in: Forest portraits, Wildlife illustration | 11

I explored my first rainforests when I was 14 years old and the experience probably changed my life. On a cold autumn morning at Binna Burra, I awaited the dawn bird walk, an enormous pair of very unsophisticated binoculars slung … Read More