Nature Australia Volume 25
Winter 1995 - Autumn 1998
Note: the number preceding the slash denotes the issue number and the number following denotes the page number, e.g. 2/5 = issue number 2, starting on page 5.
SUBJECT INDEX
acid rain 1/16
amphipods 7/16
Antarctica 9/24
asteroids 3/5, 4/5
aurorae 10/16
Australians overseas 12/22
autumn leaves 8/9
bioprospecting 8/80
birds
—Adelie Penguin 10/6
—Australian Magpie 3/78, 4/78, 6/78, 10/32
—Azure Kingfisher 2/18
—barn owls 2/39
—Black Kite 6/5
—Black Wheatear 9/12
—Black-chinned Honeyeater 11/22
—Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike 3/4
—Black-faced Solitaire 4/10
—bowerbirds 5/5
—cassowaries 4/22
—Comb-crested Jacana 2/26
—Common Raven 10/7
—communication in 1/78
—cormorants 7/6
—crowing roosters 10/11
—Fairy Penguin 5/22
—Feral Pigeon 12/18
—flying formation 10/12
—Golden-shouldered Parrot 5/18
—Great Tit 1/16, 7/12, 10/5
—House Sparrow 4/18
—hummingbirds 1/10, 4/16
—I'iwi 8/14
—Kea 3/12
—lyrebirds 8/78, 10/78
—miners 12/32
—nest decoration 9/10
—Ostrich 2/16
—parental care 9/58
—Pelican 4/78, 8/6
—photoart 8/64
—Pied Butcherbird 2/78
—Puerto Rican Emerald Hummingbird 4/6
—Red Junglefowl 10/11
—Red Goshawk 3/30
—Rock Dove 12/18
—seabirds 9/12
—sex in 7/5
—shags 7/6
—Stitchbird 1/12, 5/5, 7/5
—stone-carrying 9/12
—sunning behaviour 6/78
—Superb Fairy-wren 7/18
—Wandering Albatross 1/36
—White-tailed Black Cockatoo 2/15
—White-winged Chough 8/24
—Willie Wagtail 1/18, 4/4
—Yellow-throated Honeyeater 2/15
blue veins 12/15
bush foods 8/22
caecilians 7/6
caves, tropical 3/56, 6/4
censoring science 7/80, 10/5
clams 7/7
clothing colour bias 1/16
conservation of rare species 9/80
coprolites 9/6
copulation calls 6/15
corridors, wildlife 8/56, 11/4
crabs 11/12
Creation 'science' 11/70
cultural story-telling 6/70, 9/5
cuttlefish 11/6
dehorning 2/10
dinoflagellates, bioluminescent 10/8
diseases, introduced 3/4
domestication 3/6
electronic pest repeller 10/79
eusociality 5/12, 8/6
extraterrestrial intelligence 4/40
fish, Atlantic Salmon 9/16
fish
—Elephantnose Fish 8/8
—Fathead Minnow alarm signal 6/11
—Guppy 6/11
—Megatooth Shark 1/5
—parrotfish 4/48
—seahorses 3/19, 8/10, 12/56
—Slender Seamoth 8/78
—sperm-drinking 6/8
—Spotted Handfish 7/20
—toadfish 4/78, 8/6
flatworms 10/24
fossils, from the Sydney Region 11/24
frogs
—cave-breeding 5/10
—decline in 4/56, 8/4,8/5
—desert 6/16
—earless 12/8
—early-hatching tadpoles 6/7
—food of 7/79
—Giant Burrowing Frog 9/78
—Green Tree Frog 10/18
—Panamanian Golden Frog 12/8
—photoart 10/62
—poison-dart frogs 4/11
—right-handed 8/12
—Squirrel Tree Frog 11/14
—Sunset Frog 6/24
—ticking 12/48
fungi 1/62, 2/24, 3/63, 6/4, 8/48
giant squids 5/7
head butting 5/7
horsepower 1/18
human mate selection 3/16, 6/5
humour in science 7/70
insects
—African Weaver Ant 11/13
—ant - plant mutualism 4/11, 9/10
—bed bugs 1/20
—bees 1/6
—Birdwing Butterfly 7/24
—Blue Flower Wasp 1/78
—bull ants 11/78
—bumblebees 11/16
—butterfly photoart 12/64
—Caper White Butterfly 10/78
—Costa Rican Rove Beetle 3/15
—crickets 11/9
—European Honeybee 2/6
—fireflies 11/20
—frit flies 8/14
—grass flies 8/14
—House Fly 3/12
—human consumption of 3/5
—Japanese Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly 12/10
—leaf-cutting ants 4/7
—Leichhardt's Grasshopper 12/20
—locusts 3/5
—long-horned grasshoppers 3/15
—mole crickets 10/56
—Monarch Butterfly 11/4
—mosquitoes 2/5
—moth puddling 9/8
—mud-dauber wasps 2/20
—parasitic wasps 2/10, 2/17
—pheromones 9/14
—Ptunarra Brown Butterfly 4/20
—rhinoceros beetles 9/16
—skaters 3/10
—stick-insects 4/30
—stingless bees 6/50, 9/5, 12/4
—termites 5/16, 6/78
—tree crickets 3/14
—vision 9/32
—wasps 7/78
—water striders 3/10
—White-stemmed Gum Moth 12/78
—wingless scorpion-flies 12/9
itchiness 1/54
leeches 1/4
life on other planets 7/38
life spans 9/70
logging 1/80
Lyme Disease 11/80
Macquarie Island 5/64
male lactation 2/7
male - male competition 5/30
mammals
—Aardvark 11/14
—ant-eating 6/19
—armadillos 5/10
—Asian Elephant 2/10
—Badger 4/15
—beaked whales 12/6
—Bilby 12/80
—Black Rat 6/22, 9/79, 11/5
—Black Rhinoceros 2/10
—Black-and-white Tree-kangaroo 1/46
—Borneo bats 2/68
—Brown Antechinus 3/26
—Brush-tailed Phascogale 2/14
—Capuchin 10/15
—cat purring 12/79
—Cat 4/11, 4/80, 7/4, 7/5, 9/5, 11/4, 11/5
—Central Rock-rat 2/4, 10/12
—Chacma Baboon 6/15
—Chimpanzee 11/10
—Collared Lemming 12/12
—cuscus fossils 5/70
—Damaraland Mole-rat 5/12, 8/6
—dasyurids 5/46
—Dayak Fruit-bat 2/7
—Dingo 3/46, 6/4
—diprotodontids 3/70
—Dugong 9/50
—elephant pheromone 9/14
—Feathertail Glider 12/24
—Giraffe 11/8
—Hippopotamus 1/7, 4/6
—Horse 1/18
—House Mouse 9/18
—Humpback Whale 1/78
—Indo-Pacific Humpbacked Dolphin 6/12
—kangaroo blindness 5/78
—kangaroos 6/56
—Killer Whale 6/8
—Kirk's Dik-dik 9/14
—Koala 2/30, 3/15, 10/80, 11/70
—Leopard Seal 10/6
—Lion 4/14
—Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo 11/30
—microbats 1/4, 3/18
—monkey yawns 5/6
—monotreme fossils 1/68
—Mountain Pygmy-possum 6/40
—Naked Mole-rat 10/14
—Namib Desert Golden Mole 12/15
—New Zealand rats 12/10
—North American Porcupine 1/12
—Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat 2/4
—Numbat 9/40
—opossums 5/11
—Pacific Rat 12/10
—Patas Monkey 12/13
—pebble-mound mice 10/40
—Platypus 2/18, 2/54, 6/28
—rainforest rats 3/38
—Red Fox 5/38
—rock-wallabies 4/24
—rodent names 6/80
—Rodrigues Fruit-bat 3/10
—Rufous Hare-wallaby 8/12
—Short-beaked Echidna 11/58
—Short-finned Pilot Whale 6/16
—Short-nosed Fruit-bat 7/15
—small desert mammals 7/54
—Southern Right Whale 1/28
—Spectacled Hare-wallaby 1/22
—Spinifex Hopping-mouse 2/4
—Syrian Golden Hamster 2/6
—tapirs 8/10, 11/5
—tent-building bats 7/15
—Thylacine 8/70, 12/4
—Western Barred Bandicoot 8/20
—whales 9/24, 11/8
—wombat parasites 2/4
—wombats 10/70, 12/5
Mars 7/38, 8/9
menopause 11/10
mining versus agriculture 3/80
Miracle of Bolsena 3/18
mites 6/14
Nature Australia magazine 1/26
Nestbox Project 5/56
newts 12/14
nicotine 7/4
nuptial gifts 3/16, 12/6
octopuses 11/40
tzi 10/12
palaeontology 5/80
pearls 9/15
peripatus 1/7, 3/7
pets 1/11
plants
—Australians in South Africa 10/22
—Australians overseas 12/22
—Bitou Bush 10/4
—bitter-tasting 6/26
—Bursera schlechtendalii 7/10
—buzz-pollinated 3/13
—epiphytes 4/11
—eucalypts overseas 7/46, 11/4
—eucalyptus oil 3/11
—Finger Cherry 9/4
—Hakea trifurcata 2/15
—hibiscuses 4/4
—laxative 7/4, 10/4
—lichens 10/48
—liverworts 10/48
—mangroves 8/78
—marigolds 2/5, 4/79, 8/6
—medicinal use of 10/15
—mosses 10/12, 10/48
—nectar-producing 5/20
—orchids 4/6
—palms 2/5
—pandanus 1/4, 9/4, 12/5
—pitcher plants 9/10
—Sacred Lotus 12/7
—seagrasses 11/78
—seeds of seashore plants 7/22
—semi-carnivorous 11/6
—smoke-induced germination 7/10
—tea trees 3/24
—thorny 11/18
—Tingle Tail-flower 9/20
—Tobacco 4/79
—under-ground fruiting cucumber 11/14
—weeds 1/24, 2/80
—wild flowers 6/64
—Wollemi Pine 2/22, 5/4
politics 12/5
pollinators, non-flying mammal 11/50
polyclad flatworms 10/24
pseudoscorpions 11/78
Queensland 2/62
reptiles
—'Brontosaurus' 6/21
—Apatosaurus 6/21
—basilisks 8/8
—Boyd's Forest Dragon 8/32
—chameleons 6/6
—Common Wolf Snake 1/15
—crocodiles 4/70
—dinosaurs 4/8, 5/15, 6/21, 10/15, 11/7
—feathered dinosaur 10/15
—Frilled Lizard 4/7
—Gould's Goanna 7/30
—humped dinosaurs 11/7
—Jesus Christ lizards 8/8
—Lace Monitor 11/78
—lizard's algal hat 9/17
—Mallee Worm-lizard 10/20
—Marine Iguana 9/6
—Mary River Turtle 3/22
—Oviraptor 5/15
—pterosaurs 6/10
—Sand Monitor 7/30
—sex determination in 8/15
—Shingleback 6/34, 7/14, 9/4, 10/4
—Sleepy Lizard 6/34, 7/14, 9/4, 10/4
—snake food 5/15, 9/4
—snake fossils 12/70
—snake tongues 1/10
—snake toxin 9/7
—snakebite 8/15
—Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko 9/78
—Thorny Devil 4/4, 8/5
—turtle migration 9/7
—Turtle-headed Sea Snake 11/13
—Tyrannosaurus rex 2/46, 7/7, 7/8, 10/7
—Water Python 10/8
—Yellow-bellied Pond Slider Turtle 7/12
rocks, sliding 11/15
salamanders 6/20
science, censorship of 7/80, 10/5
science, humour in 7/80
sea-slugs 2/78
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence 4/40
sex, between species 12/78
slugs, carnivorous 10/6
snails 8/18
snow, coloured 5/78
soil crusts 10/48
spider webs 10/17
spiders
—comb-footed spiders 3/79
—corolla 8/14
—Diaea ergandros 6/6
—fishing spiders 12/6
—Goliath Spider 6/14
—hunting spiders 12/12
—huntsman spiders 2/8
—Leaf-curling Spider 7/78
—money spiders 3/79
—orb-weaving 12/40
—Parawixia bistriata
—Redback Spider 3/20, 9/11
—Slit Spider 6/10
—St Andrews Cross Spider 10/17
—tarantulas 1/54, 5/4
—tent spiders 3/79
—velvet spiders 6/11
—wolf spiders 4/12
squids 5/7
stabilimenta 10/17
Stradbroke Island 9/22
Tasmania 7/64
Tasmanian carnivores 5/46
taxonomy 7/70
temperature-dependent sex determination 8/15
testicles 10/10
ticks 8/40, 11/80
ultra-violet light 3/8
underwater photography 4/64, 11/64
wildlife laws 1/4
yawning 5/6
Authors And Titles
ABBOTT, I. Censoring CALM [Letter] 10/5
ADAM, P. & KING, R.J. Humans don't eat rocks 3/80
ALFORD, R.A. & RICHARDS, S.J. Frog declines [Letter] 8/4
ANG, H. & NEWMAN, L. Dressed to kill 10/24
APLIN, K. [Review of] Mammals of New Guinea 7/72
ARCHER, M. Mystery of the multiplying monotremes 1/68
—Borneo bats and sweaty insights 2/68
—Miocene Madonna & child 3/70
—Crocodile dinners and diners 4/70
—Possum patterns plucked from stone 5/70
—Evolution after death 6/70
—Tickling the dull out of taxonomy 7/70
—Tiger, tiger out of sight 8/70
—The lengthening limits of life 9/70
—Worries about withering wombats 10/70
—Koalas: apostles vs fossils 11/70
—Fried and footless fossil fangers 12/70
ATTENBROW, V. [Review of] The encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia 1/72
BAMFORD, M. Faithful Bobtails [Letter] 10/4
BARKER, L. Magnificent mimics [Letter] 5/5
BATTAM, H. The Wandering Albatross 1/36
BAYCHELIER, P.E.J. The name of the Dingo [Letter] 6/4
BAYLY, K. Who's to blame? [Letter] 11/4
BELLWOOD, D. Coral reef crunchers 4/48
BENGSTON, C. Sexy legs 1/7
—Owning a pet is good for you 1/11
—Horsepower 1/18
—Sobering herbs for hamsters 2/6
—Fluffy-tailed foot-tappers 2/14
—Growing money on trees 3/11
—Crickets tell the temperature 3/14
—Ford Pill from the forest 4/10
—Crazy cats? 4/11
—A relationship made in heaven 4/11
—Double or nothing 5/11
—In a flap over dinner 7/6
—Plants on the warpath 7/10
—Insects and elephants follow the same scent 9/14
—Beetles shoulder the burden 9/16
—Flying by numbers 10/11
—Colour-blind cuttlefish 11/6
—'Feets' of strength 11/13
—Blue blood 12/15
BENNETT, N. Are canids eusocial? [Reply to Letter] 8/6
BENNION, D. Caring for wildlife [Letter] 9/5
BENSTON, C. Nursing fathers association? 2/7
BERRY, R.W. Wombats, genetics and politics [Letter] 12/5
BIELEFELDT-OHMANN, H. & FITZPATRICK, D.R. Hanging out for rain [Letter] 3/4
BLAXELL, D.F. [Review of] Australian native plants: propagation, cultivation and use in landscaping and Eucalyptus: an illustrated guide to identification 9/72
—[Review of] Australian flora 12/73
BOLES, W.E. [Answer to] Bird talk 1/78
—[Answer to] Living with butchers 2/78
—[Answer to] Bird behaviour 3/78
—[Answer to] Avian pox 4/78
—[Answer to] Toxic toadfish for dinner 4/78
—[Review of] "Voices of Subtropical Rainforests" 5/73
—[Answer to] Mysterious skull? 5/78
—[Answer to] Strange bird behaviour 6/78
—[Answer to] Practice makes perfect 8/78
—[Review of] Birds of Queensland's wet tropics and Great Barrier Reef 10/72
—[Review of] The Graham Pizzey & Frank Knight field guide to the birds of Australia 12/72
—[Review of] Finding birds in Australia's Northern Territory 12/73
—[Review of] Australian bird sounds audio tapes 12/74
BRACKENBURY, J. Insect vision 9/32
BRAITHWAITE, R. Rats, revenue & reconciliation 6/80
BREED, Bill. Hopping-mice [Letter] 2/4
BROOME, L. Life among the boulders 6/40
BULL, K. Thy will be dung 3/15
—Mitey survivors 6/14
—Cock-a-dolittle 10/10
—Scaly scrapers 11/13
—Pee and flee 11/14
—Genital eyes 12/10
—Lemming latrines 12/12
BULL, M. Sleepy Liards: paired for life 6/34
—BULL, M. Faithful Bobtails [Reply to Letter] 10/4
BURNELL, S. Looking for Mr Right 1/28
CAIRN-DUFF, M. Pandanus palms [Letter] 9/4
CAMERON, L. [Answer to] Seamoths 8/78
—[Answer to] It's a rat! 9/78
—[Answer to] 'Eyeballs' 10/78
CARMICHAEL, N. Macquarie Island 5/64
CARN-DUFF, M. [Review of] The Whitsunday's book: a key to adventure 5/72
CARR, S. Moving forward [Letter] 11/5
CHAPMAN, T. Black-chinned Honeyeater 11/22
CHRISTIDIS, L. & HOLDERNESS, T. A miner challenge 12/32
CILENTO, N. Dr Jekyll with the pied hyde 10/32
CLARIDGE, A.W. Truffle junkies 8/48
CLODE, D. Like mother like daughter 3/26
COGGER, H. [Review of] Frog calls of the Greater Sydney Basin; Frog calls of north-eastern New South Wales; Frog calls of Brisbane and south-eastern Queensland 8/72
COLMAN, P. [Answer to] Common Glaucus 2/78
CORBETT, L. Dingoes: expatriate wolves or native dogs? 3/46
CORK, S. Life in a salad bowl? 2/30
COSTELLO, P. Comments from abroad [Letter] 5/4
COWAN, S. [Answer to] Cocoon of danger 12/78
CULLEN, M., BLAKE, N. & BICKHAM, M. Urban penguins 5/22
CUNNINGHAM, M. Frog declines [Letter] 8.4
DAWS, A.G. The harmonious mole cricket 10/56
DE ROSA, S. Chile and leeches [Letter] 1/4
DE VOOS, A. [Review of] Mammals of the South-west Pacific and Moluccan Islands 7/72
DEBUS, S. Red Goshawk 3/30
—Raptor ID [Letter] 6/5
DEMONG, N.J. & EMLEN, S.T. Signals of the flesh 2/26
DICKMAN, C. Vagrants of the desert 7/54
DIRCKS, A. Thin hides? [Letter] 10/5
DOGGETT, S. Ticks 8/40
DOLLIN, A. Why do native stingless bees fight? [Letter] 12/4
DOWNES, S., HANDASYDE, K. & ELGAR, M. Research on corridors [Letter] 11/4
DREW, H. Why do native stingless bees fight? [Letter] 9/5
DRISCOLL, D. What makes ticking frogs tick? 12/48
DWYER, T. Eyewitness accounts [Letter] 12/4
ELDRIDGE, D. Caretakers of the desert 10/48
ELGAR, M.A. Why does willie wag? 1/18
—Cannibalism before sex 12/6
—Maybe size does count 12/40
ELIOTT, S. Bee cure for cancer 1/6
—Hippos in stereo 1/7
FERRARI, J. Koala in the pond 3/15
FLANNERY, T. Irian Jaya's new tree-kangaroo: just the tip of the Ertzberg? 1/46
—[Review of] The dingo in Australia and Asia 5/72
—The triumph of the Easter bilby 12/80
FLECKER, P. Supine Stitchbirds [Letter] 5/5
FRANKLIN, B. [Review of] The volcanic Earth 7.73
FRIEND, T. Numbats on a junk food diet 9/40
FRITH, C. & D. Magnificent mimics [Reply to Letter] 5/5
GARNETT, S. & CROWLEY, G. Golden-shouldered Parrot 5/18
GARSON, M. Marine resources: cure-all or lose all? 8/80
GEORGES, A. Mary River Turtle 3/22
GIBSON, L. [Review of] The wombat: Common Wombats in Australia 9/73
—[Answer to] Leviathan feats 1/78
—[Review of] The book of dolphins 10/72
—[Answer to] Big happy cats 12/79
GILL, P. Whales in the freezer 9/24
GILLANDERS, A.J. Checking the facts [Letter] 2/5
GOLDINGAY, R. & CARTHEW, S. The forgotten pollinators 11/50
GORTER, J.D. K - T anomalies [Letter] 4/5
GOTTFRIED, M.D. Megatooth Sharks [Letter] 1/5
GOWING, G. [Review of] Australian rainforest plants IV 2/73
GRANDJEAN, C. Frog attractant [Letter] 3/5
GRAY, M. The worm, the spider and the coffee cup 2/8
—[Answer to] Spider pyramids 3/78
GREEN, L. Batting order [Letter] 1/4
—Flora [Letter] 7/5
—Cock sure [Letter] 11/5
—The sightless tiger [Letter] 12/4
GREEN, P. Fungal artistry 1/62
GREENSLADE, P. & LOWE, L. Leichhardt's Grasshopper 12/20
GROSS, P. Blinding cherry [Letter] 9/4
HARVEY, M.S. [Answer to] Tissue-curling spider 7/78
—[Answer to] Frog or toad? 9/78
—[Answer to] A mysterious tail 9/78
—[Answer to] Tiny Hitch-hiker 11/78
HEARD, T. Stingless bees 6/50
HEINSOHN, R. When good help is hard to find 8/24
HENSCHEL, J.R. AC - DC spider 6/11
HERO, J.-M. Frog declines [Letter] 8/4
HICKEY, G. Chile and leeches [Reply to letter] 1/4
—Celebrate solstice 1/10
—Stitchbirds come face-to-face 1/12
—Checking the facts [Reply to letter] 2/5
—Mite pockets 2/17
—The Platypus and the kingfisher 2/18
—Naming the Wollemi Pine [Reply to Letter] 5/4
—Fish drink sperm 6/8
—Desert frogs have it in the bag 6/16
—An evolutionary dead end 7/14
—Gastric grooming and right-handed toads 8/12
—Skimming the fat 10/6
HO, L. [Review of] Plants of the Perth coast and islands 4/73
HOBBS, R.J. The right path or roads to nowhere? 8/56
HOLLANDS, D. Silent hunters of the night 2/38
HOLLIS, J. [Review of] Rocks & fossils 8/73
HOOK, C. [Review of] The incomplete book of Australian mammals 11/72
HUDSON, B. Does Lyme Disease occur in Australia? 11/80
HUGHES, L. When an insect is more like a plant 4/30
HUGHES, R. Pandanus dieback explained [Letter] 12/5
HUTTON, J. Cats and rats [Letter] 11/5
INGLEBY, S. Spectacled Hare-wallaby 1/22
—[Review of] Tracks, scats and other traces: a field guide to Australian mammals 9/72
JOBSONF, P. [Review of] Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria 11/73
JONES, M. Clash of the carnivores 5/46
JONES, R. [Review of] Listen..... Our land is crying. Australia's environment: problems and solutions 12/73
JOSEPH, L. Singing willies [Letter] 4/4
—Bringing home the baleen? 11/8
KEABLE, S. [Answer to] Fish balls or beach balls? 11/78
KERRYON, B. Wombats, genetics and politics [Letter] 12/5
LARSON, P.L. To sex a rex 2/46
LAST, P.R. & BRUCE, B. Spotted Handfish 7/20
LAURANCE, W.F. Killer rats of the Queensland rainforest 3/38
—Why are Queensland's frogs croaking? 4/56
—Frog declines [Reply to Letter] 8/5
LEECH, R. The truth about tarantulas [Letter] 5/4
LETHBRIDGE, R. Avian sex [Letter] 7/5
LOCHMAN, J. Wild flowers 6/64
LOW, T. Pleistocene pandanus [Letter] 1/4
—Weeds: the forgotten foods 1/24
—Mushrooms: sample with care 2/24
—Australia's weed scandal 2/80
—Locusts: insects or trees? [Reply to letter] 3/5
—The truth about tea trees 3/24
—The cassowary's last meal 4/22
—Cats: scoundrels or scapegoats? 4/80
—Land of nectar 5/20
—Bitter barks and berries 6/26
—Plant laxatives [Letter] 7/4
—Cats are a problem [Reply to Letter] 7/5
—The amazing voyages of sea beans 7/22
—Trees of the future 7/46
—A bush foods boom? 8/22
—Strolls on Stradbroke 9/22
—Invading Africa 10/22
—Thorny thoughts 11/18
—Made in Australia 12/22
LOWE, I. Censoring science 7/80
—Censoring CALM [Reply to Letter] 10/5
LOWE, K. [Review of] Photographing Australia's birds 6/72
—[Review of] Wilsons Promontory coastal wilderness 11/72
[Review of] An Australian landscape: the Flinders Ranges 11/73
MAGRATH, M.J.L. The politics of parenting: an avian perspective 9/58
—& ELGAR, M.A. The struggle for sexual success 5/30
MAJOR, R. [Review of] Ecology and sustainability of southern temperate ecosystems 2/70
MARKS, C.A. & SHORT, R.V. Out-foxing the fox 5/38
MARNANE, B. Chinese whisper [Letter] 9/5
MARSH, H. Going, going, Dugong 9/50
MARSHALL, S. Northern exposure 3/64
MARTIN, R. Koala politics 10/80
McEVEY, S.F. [Review of] How to attract butterflies to your garden 9/72
—[Answer to] Mixed signals 12/78
McGHEE, K. Two tips are better than one 1/10
—Colour-bias birds 1/16
—Acid chain 1/16
—Itching for a switch 2/10
—The dehorn of Africa 2/11
—Leaf the fruit alone 2/15
—When boys will be girls 2/17
—Wollemi Pine 2/22
—The dilemma of domestication 3/6
—Giant stride for skaters 3/10
—Fat-bellied females can be fatal 3/12
—Making a meal of reproduction 3/15
—Laws of attraction 3/16
—Two dinosaur heads are better than one 4/8
—Poison prey makes poison frogs 4/11
—Square eyes and hairy legs 4/12
—Burying Badger mythology 4/15
—Monkey yawns 5/6
—An armadillo nose its kin 5/10
—From egg robber to caring parent 5/14
—Supreme sacrifice 6/6
—Teaching beaching 6/8
—Pterosaur flight 6/10
—Life in a slit without silk 6/10
—Copulation calls 6/15
—Smoking or non-smoking? 7/10
—Autumn leaves questions 8/9
—Webs of stone 8/14
—I'iwi bills 8/14
—Some like it hot 8/15
—The geography of snakebites 8/15
—Snake toxins aren't all venom 9/7
—See-through nests? 9/10
—Pearls of wisdom 9/15
—Lemon-scented monkeys 10/15
—Dinosaurs get the hump 11/7
—In support of menopausal women 11/10
—The Aardvark and the cucumber 11/14
—Bumblebees shun lopsided flowers 11/16
—Hot lotus 12/7
McGROUTHER, M. [Review of] Tropical reef fishes: a marine awareness guide 5/72
McKAY, G.M. [Review of] Possums of the world: a monograph of the Phalangeroidea 1/73
McNAMARA, G. Silly statistics? [Reply to letter] 3/5
—Is anybody out there? 4/40
—Did Martians ever exist? 7/38
—Martians at last? 8/9
—Could the king kill? 10/7
—Daylight aurorae 10/16
MEEK, P. Fox trots [Letter] 10/4
MEREDITH, P. Head start for peripatus 3/7
MESIBOV, B. The farmer and the flower: a fable 9/80
MILLAR, A. [Answer to] Coloured snow 5/78
—[Review of] Seaweeds of Queensland: a naturalist's guide 8/73
MIRTSCHIN, P. Cats are a problem [Letter] 7/4
MORRIS, J. Kea attack 3/12
MORRISON, R. The Nestbox Project 5/56
MOULDS, M.S. [Answer to] Blue Flower Wasp 1/78
—[Review of] Butterflies of Tasmania 2/72
—[Answer to] Flying frenzy 6/78
—[Review of] A field guide to insects in Australia 10/73
—[Answer to] Random feast 11/78
MURRAY, M.D. [Review of] Penguins of the world 2/72
NATURE FOCUS PHOTO LIBRARY Tropical frogs 10/62
—Flutter-bys 12/64
NAUMANN, I. [Answer to] When wasps meet 7/78
NEWELL, G. Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroos 11/30
NEWLAND, M. Ptunarra Brown Butterfly 4/20
NIELSEN, L. Quintessential Queensland 2/62
NORMAN, M.D. Australian octopuses 11/40
OPALA, R. A prickly mistake [Letter] 4/4
OSBORNE, A. [Review of] Layers of time: the Blue Mountains and their geology 11/72
PARNABY, H. Hollow arguments 1/80
—[Review of] Future of the fauna of western New South Wales 3/72
—[Review of] Wildlife & woodchips: Leadbeater's Possum—a test case for sustainable forestry 8/72
—[Review of] Bats in question 11/72
PARSONS, C. The humpbacks of Hong Kong Harbour 6/12
PATON, P. [Review of] Cuckoos, nightbirds and kingfishers of Australia 1/71
PETERSEN, D. Locusts: insects or trees? [Letter] 3/5
POGSON, R. [Review of] A field manual for the amateur geologist: tools and activities for exploring our planet 4/73
PROSKE, U. Itch, prickle and tarantula 1/54
—Hopping mad 6/56
—Giraffes win by a neck 11/8
—Echidnas on the nose 11/58
RADFORD, R. Viva Sleepy Lizard! [Letter] 9/4
RANDELL, B. UV invitations 3/8
READER, S. [Review of] Whale Sharks: the giants of Ningaloo Reef 1/70
RICHARDS, G. [Review of] With wings on their fingers: an intimate view of the flying-fox 2/71
RICHARDS, J. & SHORT, J. Western Barred Bandicoot 8/20
RITCHIE, A. [Review of] The rise of fishes 4/72
ROBERTSON, P. Mallee Worm-lizard 10/20
ROBINSON, M. [Review of] The edge of extinction: Australia's threatened wildlife 1/72
—[Review of] Caring for possums 4/72
—[Review of] Spotlight on spiders and It's a frog's life 4/73
—[Answer to] Plants versus pests 4/79
—[Review of] Australian frogs: amazing amphibians 6/73
—[Review of] Frogs and reptiles of the Sydney Region 12/74
—[Review of] Attracting frogs to your garden 7/73
—[Answer to] Frog food for thought 7/79
—[Review of] Frogs Tasmania 8/72
—[Answer to] Frogs and pest repellers 10/79
ROMANOWSKI, N. Conservation (f)laws [Letter] 1/4
ROWLAND, P. [Review of] Australian birds of prey 7/72
ROWLANDS, P. Newtritious eggs? 12/14
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS SYDNEY [Answer to] Means of survival 8/78
RUDMAN, W.B. [Review of] Coastal marine ecology of temperate Australia 3/73
SADLIER, R. [Answer to] Eating on the run 11/78
SANDS, D. & SCOTT, S. Richmond Birdwing 7/24
SAUNDERS, B. Seashots 11/64
SCHMUTZ, E. Naming the Wollemi Pine [Letter] 5/4
SERENA, M. Platypus pursuits 2/54
—Metropolitan monotremes 6/28
SERVENTY, V. Toadfish lesson [Letter] 8/6
SEYMOUR, R.S. Sand-swimming moles 12/15
SHARP, A. Wallabies on the rocks? 4/24
SHEA, G. [Review of] Snakes in Question 12/72
SHEMESH, J. Tasmania in Focus 7/64
SHERBROOKE, W.C. Watch & learn [Letter] 8/5
SKATES, A. [Review of] Uluru: looking after Uluru-Kata Tjuta—the Anangu way 2/70
SLATER, P. Balding birdos from Tasmania? 2/14
SMITHERS, C. [Review of] A field guide to Australian butterflies 2/71
—[Review of] Hidden rainforests: subtropical rainforests and their biological diversity 3/72
—[Answer to] Wayward butterflies 10/78
SPATE, A. Wee Jasper caves [Letter] 6/4
STRAHAN, R. Nature's diamond jubilee 1/26
SULLIVAN, R. Self-quilling: an occupational hazard 1/12
—A threat to Christmas? 1/15
—Keeping your meal cool 2/10
—Ostriches: cheap eats? 2/16
—Obstetric bats 3/10
—Blood on the bread 3/18
—Hippo leech 4/6
—Lions spot the difference 4/14
—Cinderellas of the bird world 4/16
—Head butts: surviving the impact 5/7
—Spinning to order 5/10
—Whales carry the dead 6/16
—Sizing up ant-eaters 6/19
—Hot Rex? 7/7
—Careful Rex 7/8
—The cost of being fat 7/12
—Repellent and sunblock in one 7/16
—Faithful seahorses 8/10
—Tapir penis 8/10
—Oldest coprolites 9/6
—Redback suicide 9/11
—Seabirds smell their dinner 9/12
—Useless dik-dik 9/14
—Meat-eating slugs? 10/6
—Bioluminescent burglar alarms 10/8
—Ötzi's mossy underwear? 10/12
—Semi-carnivorous plants 11/6
—The ghost of Death Valley? 11/15
—Beaked whales suck 12/6
—New Zealand rats 12/10
—Blue balls 12/13
SUTHERLAND, L. [Review of] Natural hazards: their potential in the Pacific Southwest 6/72
SZALAY, A. Man of the alpine forest 1/52
TACON, P.S.C. [Review of] Rock art of the Dreamtime 10/73
THOMAS, A. Sonic symmetry 11/9
—Worms, take your leaves 11/10
THOMPSON, G. Goannas in the graveyard 7/30
TOLHURST, W. Design by nature 9/66
TORR, G. Animal magnetism 2/6
—Buzzing to a different tune 3/12
—Microbats: why are they so small? 3/18
—Pregnant males can still be macho 3/19
—When a little is enough 4/6
—Frills with chills? 4/7
—Vibrating ants 4/7
—Free rides out of frog hollow 5/10
—Sex (or lack of it) in mole-rat society 5/12
—Feeding on flattened food 5/15
—Chameleon's telephoto eye 6/6
—Hatch or be snatched 6/7
—Predators to the rescue? 6/11
—Sneaky guppies 6/11
—Spider's velcro defence 6/14
—Roly-poly salamander 6/20
—Lost and lungless 7/6
—Surfing clams 7/7
—Divining turtles 7/12
—Tent-pitching bats 7/15
—Fish brains take the record 8/8
—Lizards walk on water 8/8
— Scare tactics for endangered animals 8/13
—Forest dragons 8/32
—Iguana sex 9/6
—Magnetic map readers 9/7
—Pass the parcel 9/8
—Ant garbos 9/10
—When size doesn't count 9/12
—Stay-at-home salmon 9/16
—Lizard's green beret 9/17
—Raven roosts 10/7
—Pythons on the move 10/8
—The testicle conundrum 10/10
—Fat and lazy mole-rats 10/14
—Silky lures 10/17
—Crab cleansers 11/12
—Who said earless frogs can't hear? 12/8
—Silk gift wrapping 12/12
TOYLE, Bill. Silly statistics? [Letter] 3/5
TRNSKI, T. [Review of] Australian marine life: the plants and animals of temperate waters 10/72
TRUSCOTT, P. Nicotine kills [Letter] 7/4
TURNER, R. [Answer to] Hopping blind 5/78
UNDERHILL, D. Palm paper [Letter] 2/5
USHER, K. Attracting men [Letter] 6/5
VAN DYCK, S. In bed with the reds 1/20
—Mud-slinging spider stingers 2/20
—A Redback affair 3/20
—House Sparrows: the last straw 4/18
—Termites: behind the veneer 5/16
—Ratbags of the rafters 6/22
—Wrens through the eye of a sceptic 7/18
—Snails: where boys will be girls 8/18
—House Mouse rouse 9/18
—Raising a glass to the loo lord 10/18
—Queensland pebble-mound mice...up from the tailings 10/40
—Breaking the flasher's code 11/20
—Culture's vultures 12/18
VANCLAY, J. Conservation (f)laws [Letter] 1/4
VAVRYN, D. Flat food [Letter] 9/4
VERKEST, K. Are canids eusocial? [Letter] 8/6
VINCENT, A. Seahorses under siege 12/56
VOGELNEST, L. [Review of] Aliya: stories of the elephants of Sri Lanka 6/72
WARD, S. Feathertail Gliders 12/24
WARDELL-JOHNSON, G. Tingle Tail-flower 9/20
—, ROBERTS, D. & HORWITZ, P. The Sunset Frog 6/24
WARNER, L. Invisible parasites [Letter] 2/4
WATTS, D. Feathered portraits 8/64
WEBB, G. [Review of] A fossicker's guide to gemstones in Australia 12/72
WEBB, N. Cats are a problem [Letter] 7/4
WEINSTEIN, P. In the dark about tropical caves 3/56
—Wee Jasper caves [Reply to Letter] 6/4
WESTAWAY, M. Prehistoric infections [Letter] 3/4
WHITLA, J. The Devil's drink [Letter] 4/4
WILLIAMS, G. [Review of] Australian beetles 1/70
WILLIAMS, S.J. Butterfly trees [Letter] 11/4
WILLIS, P.M.A. [Review of] Hunting dinosaurs: on the trail of prehistoric monsters 3/72
—Viva palaeontology 5/80
—Brontosaurus: doubly dead 6/21
—[Review of] Australia's lost world: a history of Australia's backbones animals 9/73
—Feathered dinosaur 10/15
—Sydney's fossil treasures 11/24
WOHLMUTH, H. Marigold mixup [Letter] 8/6
WURST, D. Rock-rats alive! 10/12
YEATES, D. Wingless scorpion-fly 12/9
ZEIDLER, W. Forget the calamari! 5/7
