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Tasmanian Tiger The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was a shy, elusive creature hunted to extinction after only a century of European settlement in Australia. The last known animal died in a Hobart zoo over sixty...

The Pub is Good for the Environment Burke's Backyard resident scientist, Graeme Quirk, considered the environmental benefits of going to the pub. Graeme said that drinking tap beer means that no cans or bottles have to be collected and...

Tree Preservation Over the last 15 years Australian home owners have stopped planting trees. Not only have they stopped planting trees in general, but they've almost totally stopped planting native trees in their own backyards....

'Burke's Backyard' visited Warrawong Sanctuary near Adelaide in South Australia where Dr John Wamsley has set up an extensive re-vegetation program and the careful re-introduction of native animals to the area. Vital to the success has been the...

During a bushfire, some trees burn and fall over, but others don’t fall for hours or days later. Sometimes the trees are structurally weakened, like the hollow one shown in our...

John Dengate sheltered under a tree on a rainy day, but discovered he wasn't alone. He found a spider's egg case, dozens of baby spiders, a dead beetle and the cocoon of a white-stemmed...

Worms There are hundreds of species of earthworms, those amazing underground movers and shakers that are so beneficial to have in the garden. They improve soil structure, increase the rate of decomposition of organic material, and make nutrients more available...