When humans enter an environment sans Homo sapiens, they inevitably cause transformations to native flora and fauna which spiral far into the future. If they introduce alien plant and animal species i...
When European settlers herded the first flocks of sheep onto Australian grasslands, they encountered a predator that quickly caught on to the fact that the woolly beasts made a good meal.1 That predat...
Western Australia, Day 18 The crazed laughter of kookaburras soared into the dawn air, the particular group in my neighbourhood singing a maniacal song of territorial defence.1 Kookaburras maintain pe...
In late afternoon, slanted rays of sun turned trunks of gums to grey silk, their leaves tattered olive. The curving fronds of palms were slivered emerald washed with gold. Warm air danced with cool, s...