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The small promontory at the furthest end of the coastline is Cape Tribulation. The mouth of the watercourse at the nearest end, belongs to Cooper Creek. Mt. Emmett, in the foreground, partially eclipses Mt. Hemmant, which in turn conceals the bulk of Mt. Sorrow. (more…)
Why would a fungus want or need to create light? According to the Wet Tropics Management Authority, no one knows why many species use bioluminescence, but across its incredible evolutionary history, in circumstances of such windlessness, the fungi would appear to have adapted through mimicry of the flightless, female firefly. The fungus emits an indistinguishable light from an identical chemical reaction to lure the male firefly into making contact. He then carries the spores throughout the forest on his journey ahead.
The Australian Rainforest Foundation (ARF) has thrown a cat amongst the pigeons, by lodging twenty-two applications for compensation (more…)
When dad cassowary became separated from his three (three-month-old) chicks the other evening, his distress was awful. He ran about bellowing for his young to respond, but as the light faded, things looked very grim.
Occasionally dingoes are seen with cassowary chicks in their mouths, but the concurrent loss of three chicks was quite puzzling.
It was with great relief, at around midday the following day, that the reunited family paraded past our dwelling, stopping along the way to feast on fruit from the Alexandra Palm.
