http://www.wilddiscoveryguides.com/ http://www.wilddiscoveryguides.com/feed/ "Wild Discovery Guides" are quality books for travellers with a keen interest in the natural world. Guides cover flora and fauna, while the website for Wild Discovery Guides provides additional news, features and inspiration for the wilderness inspired traveller. http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1223 Whale Sharks arrive at Ningaloo The first whale sharks of 2012 have been sighted in Western Australia's Ningaloo Marine Park, offering visitors to Exmouth and Coral Bay the chance to swim with the world's largest fish.

]]> 2012-03-22 - http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1223 http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1222 Christmas comes early on Christmas Island A critical phase of the mass migration of Christmas Island's red crabs, hailed by Sir David Attenborough as "one of the most spectacular migrations on the planet", will this year coincide with the lead-up to Christmas.

]]> 2011-12-21 - http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1222 http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1221 Why soldier crabs stay on the move A voracious predator that devours prey larger than itself gives Queensland's blue soldier crabs good reason to stay on the move.

]]> 2011-12-16 - http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1221 http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1220 2012 AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE ROADKILL CALENDAR The Australian Wildlife Roadkill calendar for 2012, from Wild Discovery Guides, is now available for order.

]]> 2011-11-16 - http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1220 http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1219 Wild Discovery Guides - Flinders Island Wild Discovery Guides has just launched the latest book in its series, Wild Discovery Guides Flinders Island Tasmania, by naturalist Len Zell.

]]> 2011-11-11 - http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1219 http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1218 Koalas feeling the heat Koalas are vulnerable to climate change, with the iconic Australian marsupial's habitat likely to be restricted to the highly urbanised areas of eastern and southern Australia under a hotter and drier climate, according to a University of Queensland researcher who spoke at a Senate Inquiry this week.

]]> 2011-05-04 - http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1218 http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1216 Whale song spreads across the Pacific Male humpback whales 'change their tune' every year during their migration across the Pacific, according to new research.

]]> 2011-04-17 - http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1216 http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1212 Yongola wreck survives Yasi - and marks 100 years on the bottom A century after the sinking of the SS Yongala in the waters off Townsville, changes to the wreck after Cyclone Yasi are now offering divers a new look at the landmark dive site.

]]> 2011-03-24 - http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1212 http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1154 The Question of Why? Why? That’s the question most people ask when they see my book about roadkill.

]]> 2010-02-09 - http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1154 http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1149 A superb story of survival A year after the Black Saturday bushfires ravaged large tracts of Victoria, as the bush starts to regenerate in earnest, it is heartening to know that some of Australia’s most spectacular birds managed to survive. Story by Len Zell.

]]> 2010-01-24 - http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1149 http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1141 Don't be a road-killer! As you hit the road for the holidays, chances are high you'll become a highway hazard to a range of creatures...but here are a few tips to help you avoid becoming a road-killer.

]]> 2009-12-22 - http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1141 http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1133 Denial - a fast-moving ship Denial – it hit me like a fast moving ship – unstoppable, long running and loaded with most of the people of planet Earth! I thought I was onto something no others had recognised...

]]> 2009-11-27 - http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1133 http://wilddiscoveryguides.com/article.php?story=1134 Tributes to passionate Reefies Three previously unnamed reefs in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park have recently been named in honour of passionate “reefies” who dedicated their lives to marine science.

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