The Long History of Live Animal Export
The practice of live animal export from Australia is controversial and complex, and it has a longer history than you might realize.
Culinary Fusion in the Ancient World
People from eastern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia, and Southeast Asia have been sharing food plants across the Indian Ocean for millennia.
A Weed is but an Unloved Flower
"Whatever Otherness weeds may possess, it is an outcome of human artifice.”
How “Termites of the Sea” Have Shaped Maritime Technology
These small marine pests have been eating our ships for millennia, forcing us to keep building better boats throughout history.
Climate Change and Migration
Multiple research bodies show how climate change and natural disasters cause migration and refugees crises.
The Bones of Australia’s Lake Mungo
For 40,000 years, human remnants remained buried in the sand at Lake Mungo, hidden by the changed landscape.