There are incredible worlds hiding in the places you least expect
What looks like an abandoned lot is often anything but – ecologically speaking. Our Map of the Month shows just how much biodiversity is hiding in Melbourne’s forgotten landscapes
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Map of the Month
We’ve reconstructed Melbourne’s 200-year-old forests
Before it was streets and suburbs, Melbourne was a rich landscape of forests, swamps and grasslands. Our new Map of the Month is rebuilding it for the first time – tree by tree
Australia's elusive rakali is hiding and thriving in Melbourne's waterways
The rakali is an Australian marvel of urban adaptation. Our new Map of the Month shows where to find them around Melbourne and where they’re mysteriously missing
#ICYMI - In Case You Missed It
Don’t be fooled by Melbourne’s Fool’s Spring
From the ‘Spring of Deception’ to ‘The Swooping’, understanding the cycles of Australian weather can help us all love Melbourne’s eclectic seasons
Why Melbourne makes you sneeze in spring
We've never known exactly which grass pollens trigger hay fever or thunderstorm asthma in Melbourne's spring. Now DNA is revealing which grasses are to blame
Extreme weather is Australia's new normal
Over the last few weeks, parts of Australia have been inundated by rain, scorched by heatwaves and slammed by storms. Is this our country's new normal?
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