Nature Australia Volume 27
Winter 2001 - Autumn 2004
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. Issue numbers 1-3 were published in 2001, 4-7 in 2002, 8-11 in 2003 and 12 in 2004.
Subject index
Aboriginal fire sticks 12/7
Aesculapius, staff of 12/4
Albatross Island [Photoart] 8/70
alcoholism 1/12
amoebae 5/7
Antarctica 4/6
aquatic locomotion 2/6
art, origins of 7/74
Australian vegetation, pre-European 2/52, 4/5
bacteria, ancient 5/14
beads, ancient 6/16
biodiversity identity 12/84
bioluminescence 9/76
biotechnology 4/84
BIRDS
—Argentine Lake Duck penis 6/19
—Australian Magpie 6/82, 6/83, 10/60
—Barn Owl 1/16, 4/20, 6/4
—Barn Swallow 3/14
—Black Swan 12/34
—Black-necked Stork 4/44, 6/4
—Blue-capped Ifrita 2/16
—Blue-footed Booby 8/22
—Budgerigar 1/8, 7/14
—butcherbirds 2/5
—chilly-eating 7/19
—Chowchilla 12/60
—Collared Flycatcher 6/9
—Common Koel 6/6
—Crested Auklet 12/13
—Crimson Rosella 1/7
—crows, toad-wise 1/6
—currawongs 9/52, 10/4
—dawn chorus 7/9, 8/5
—delayed plumage maturation 3/82
—Dodo 7/15
—domestic fowl 6/18, 8/4
—drab plumage 4/8
—Eclectus Parrot 1/32
—Egyptian Vulture 8/8, 9/4
—Flame Robin 3/82
—flycatchers 6/9
—Galapagos finches 10/9
—Golden-headed Cisticola 2/12
—Homing Pigeon 1/19
—Houtman Abrolhos seabirds 3/26
—intelligence 11/46
—Jabiru 4/44, 6/4
—King Penguin 3/7, 4/14
—kiwis 3/17
—Laughing Kookaburra 5/26
—Lazuli Bunting 4/8
—Little Penguin 8/6
—logrunners 12/60
—lorikeet hybrids 7/82
—Magpie Lark 7/52, 8/5
—Malleefowl 2/42
—New Caledonian Crow 9/19
—oxpeckers 3/8
—penguin sleep 4/14
—Pheasant Coucal 8/24
—Pied Flycatcher 6/9
—Princess Parrot 7/24
—Rainbow Lorikeets 11/4, 12/4
—ravens vs crows 12/82
—Rock Dove 1/19
—Rock Ptarmigan 5/16
—seabird diets 3/26
—shearwaters 12/7
—Sooty Owl 12/60
—sound production 7/59
—Spotted Bowerbird 11/18
—Spotted Pardalote 10/20
—storks 4/44, 6/4
—Superb Fairy-wren 6/30
—Tawny Frogmouth 2/8
—Tawny Frogmouth 8/82, 9/5
—timing of migration 3/14
—toxic 2/16
—Upland Sandpiper 8/7
—Wandering Albatross 1/20
—will ie Wagtail 4/83, 6/5
birth date 4/18
blitzkrieg 5/54
Caribbean Spiny Lobster 12/16
carotenodermia 9/4
charcoal-producing industry 8/84
chocolate 9/15
Christmas Island 11/60
climate, Miocene 1/13
coastal photoart 1/70
collecting 9/74, 10/5
colour vision 4/7
common names 4/24
concordes, effect of 1/19
conservation and profits 3/5
conservation genetics 1/84
Cook, James 11/4
Coorong 7/60
coral bleaching 5/19
CRABS
—Blue Swimmer Crab 10/6
—fiddler crabs 1/15
Creationism 4/5
desert warming 8/38
Dreamtime 3/42
ear pockets 9/82
ecological triage 5/84, 7/4, 8/5
ecosystem engineers 8/28, 9/5, 10/4
evolution, interference by humans 6/84
evolutionary theory 4/5
feathers, origin of 10/34, 12/4
fire 2/52, 4/5, 6/14, 7/84
FISHES
—archerfishes 9/10
—Blind Gudgeon 12/22
—cleaner wrasse 11/20
—coelacanths 10/72
—coral-reef fishes 1/5
—eels 4/18, 7/6
—Green Sawfish 6/26, 8/5
—Guppy 7/21
—hagfishes 2/60, 5/4, 7/4
—Lesser-spotted Dogfish 12/8
—Mary River Cod 8/26
—Paddlefish 2/18
—Patagonian Toothfish 11/11
—Queensland Lungfish 5/36
—Salamanderfish 11/6
—shark netting 10/84
—shark snout gel 11/13
—sleeping 10/82
—stingarees 2/82
—Striped Anglerfish 4/82
forensic botany 8/76
forest management 8/84
FROGS
—Bornean Tree-hole Frog 10/17
—Cane Toad 1/6, 10/44
—fire-sensing 8/23
—frog Photoart 2/70
—Frog Week 6/7
—Giant Barred Frog 4/62, 6/4
—Giant Burrowing Frog 2/26
—Green-thighed Frog 11/24
—keeping of 1/7
—Limnodynastes 6/7
—Peron's Tree Frog 1/4
—piggy-backing 9/16
—Reed Frog 8/23
—Southern Barred Frog 6/4
fungi 1/4, 8/6, 9/76
global warming 4/6, 8/38
Great Wall of China 11/8
halteres 10/19
handaxes 4/13
hibernation 4/8
hollow-nesting fauna 9/26
homosexual behaviour 12/52
honey 1/50
human evolution 1/10, 11/74; see also humans
HUMANS
—anatomically vs behaviourally modern 3/10
—ancient diets 5/13
—Arctic pioneers 5/18
—blue blind 10/14
—cannibalism 2/9
—coevolution with Dogs 4/52
—deceptive voices 3/16
—early wood-workers 4/13
—eyes 6/19
—facial expressions of emotions 10/74
—hairless 12/15
—Homo erectus 1/18, 8/20
—Homo ergaster 1/18, 8/20
—Homo habilis 11/13
—Homo rudolfensis 11/13
—Homo sapiens idaltu 12/19
—hunter-gatherers 11/74, 12/5
—jealousy 9/17
—Kenyanthropus platyops 11/13
—kissing 8/74, 12/14
—language 12/74
—modern vs Neanderthals 3/14, 5/13, 11/10
—Mungo Man and Mungo Lady 11/17
—Neanderthals, see separate entry
—nut-cracking 8/10
—oldest ancestors 5/8
—origin of language 12/74
—ovulation 5/9
—penis size 10/8
—Sahelanthropus tchadensis 9/10
—spear-throwing 10/12
—termite-eating 3/18
—Toumai 9/10
hunting 4/7
INSECTS
—Argentine Ant 1/17
—assassin bugs 9/72
—Australian Plague Locust 7/7
—bean weavil penis 2/7
—bed bugs 12/13
—blister beetles 1/20
—Bogong Moth 6/6, 10/52
—butterflies 6/6, 8/52
—caterpillars 6/6, 12/6
—Christmas beetles 11/6
—cicadas 4/12, 6/82, 7/28, 8/5
—decoy bee cells 2/18
—dung beetles 4/11
—Emperor Gum Moth 2/82
—feather-legged bugs 6/82
—fireflies 5/14
—frass-flinging caterpillars 11/8
—Greengrocer 6/82
—hawk-moth caterpillars 12/6
—Head Louse 2/15
—Hive Beetle 5/7
—Honey Bee 2/14, 5/7
—lacewing eggs 10/82
—leaf-cutting ants 7/13
—Lord Howe Island Giant Stick Insect 4/22
—mosquitoes 2/13, 3/82
—Paralysis Tick 12/6
—periodic cicadas 4/12
—Red Imported Fire Ant 6/56
—robber flies 9/83
—sawflies 11/22
—Scarlet-bodied Wasp Moth 3/11
—Stenocara 6/10
—termites 3/18
—vinegar flies 10/18
—wasp parasites
—water striders 7/20
—water-harvesting beetle 6/10
—Yellow Crazy Ants 11/60
jealousy 9/17
karst landscapes 3/54
Kimberley [Photoart] 4/70
kissing 8/74, 12/14
land degradation 2/83, 6/72
language, origins of 12/74
larynx, descended 6/8
leapfrog distributions 12/60
lichens 9/6
limestone landscapes 3/54
lingual luring 1/14
lobsters 12/16
malaria 2/13
MAMMALS
—African Forest Elephant 6/15
—African Savanna Elephant 5/6, 6/15, 8/28, 10/8, 11/12
—antechinuses 3/20
—ape declines 11/17
—Asian Elephant 7/18
—beaked whales 6/64
—bird-eating bats 7/9
—Black Bear hibernation 4/8
—Blue Whales 11/38
—Bonobo 3/15
—Brown Rat 9/20
—Brush-tailed Phascogale 2/22
—Cat 3/8, 5/16, 7/4, 9/13, 11/4, 12/4, 12/5
—Chimpanzee 3/15, 6/22, 7/14, 8/10, 12/8
—Common Ringtail Possum 4/82, 12/20
—Dingo 7/22
—Dog 12/9
—Dog ear pockets 9/82
—Dog-human coevolution 4/52
—dolphins 5/10
—Dugong 2/34
—Ekaltadeta ima 1/28, 4/4, 5/5
—Fallow Deer 6/8
—flying-foxes 7/6
—Fossa 10/13
—Fox 10/9
—Giant Panda 8/10
—Gilbert's Potoroo 9/22
—Giraffe 9/18
—Gomphotherium tusks 1/13
—Gorill a 6/20
—Greater Glider 8/30
—Greater Noctule 7/9
—Grey-headed Flying-fox 5/20
—Humpback Whale 4/36, 6/22
—killer Whale 1/12, 3/46, 11/5
—Leadbeater's Possum 4/26
—life expectancy 10/14
—Lion 3/4, 7/8, 9/8
—Longman's Beaked Whale 6/64, 7/5
—Manatee 8/14
—Mandrill 9/9
—marsupial lions 11/4
—marsupial moles 2/4, 6/4
—Minke Whale 12/17
—Monito del Monte 3/13
—monkey medicine 3/12
—monotreme young 11/82
—Moon Plain 1/42
—Moose 4/10, 8/12
—Mountain Brushtail Possum 6/46
—mouse opossums 2/12
—New Zealand killer Whales 3/46
—Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat 12/17
—Orangutan 8/9
—penis bones 11/9
—Platypus 12/5
—Polar Bear 1/10
—porcupines 9/14
—possums 8/7
—possums and gliders 10/26
—Powerful-toothed Rat-kangaroo 1/28, 4/5, 5/5
—primate colour vision 4/7
—Pseudonovibos spiralis 5/18
—puggle 11/82
—Purple-footed Rock-wallaby 7/36
—Pygmy Sperm Whale 5/82
—Quokka 12/26
—Rabbit 1/5
—rat-kangaroos, giant 1/28, 4/5, 5/5
—Red Deer 1/9, 5/4, 6/8
—Rufous Hare-wallaby 1/84
—Saiga 11/10
—Savanna Elephant 6/15
—Sewer Rat 9/20
—Southern Elephant Seal 9/34
—Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat 3/62
—Sperm Whale 8/17
—Spiral-horned Ox 5/18
—Steller Sea Lion 5/8
—Swamp Buffalo 8/62, 10/4
—Tammar Wallaby 3/11
—Tasmanian Devil 11/84, 12/5
—Water-rat 1/22, 4/4, 5/4
—Wedge-capped Capuchin Monkey 3/12
—whale evolution 6/12
—whale farts 12/17
—whale sight 6/16
—whale watching 9/6
—wombat burrows 3/62
—Wood Mouse 9/18
—Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby 5/22
—zebras 12/72
mass extinctions 4/17
megafauna, marine 5/15
megafaunal extinctions 2/52, 4/10, 5/15, 5/54, 7/5
meteorite impact 8/13
migration, vertical 9/7
m ill ipedes 3/12
mimicry 6/38
Moken underwater vision 12/10
MOLLUSCS
—medicine from 4/4
—painful feelings 8/83
—Paper Nautilus 9/7
monogamy 12/18
Moon 7/12
Moon Plain, SA 1/42
Murchison meteorite 10/7
mutual sexual selection 12/40
national parks 9/84
native species 2/4
nautiluses 1/14
NEANDERTHALS
—caring for sick 6/20
—diets 5/13
—facial features 11/10
—fingerprint 7/12
—hand grips in 3/14
—meat-eating 1/8
OCTOPUSES
—Greater Blue-ringed Octopus 1/18
—Mimic Octopus 6/38
oil sp ill s 8/18
olive oil 2/15
Paper Nautilus 9/7
parasitism 2/18
peripatus 1/60
pets, native 3/5, 3/84, 5/5
planets, 7/82
plankton [Photoart] 7/70
PLANTS
—1080 plants 10/24
—Acacia split 6/28, 8/4
—autumn leaves 7/8
—beech trees 5/72
—bryophytes 3/54
—cauliflory 1/26
—chillies 7/19
—eucalypts 7/10
—Eucalyptus split 6/28, 8/4
—European Dwarf Palm 10/16
—flesh-eating algae 5/76, 7/5
—flowering 7/76
—fragrant leaves 10/16
—hollow-forming trees 9/26
—Honey Bush 3/8
—hornworts 3/54
—indigo 11/76
—insect mimicry 10/10
—Lepidosig illaria yalwalensis 7/82
—liverworts 3/54
—mistletoes 2/82, 3/13
—mosses 3/54
—Murnong 5/24
—native weeds 3/24
—Nielsen Park She-oak 3/22
—night-time activities 6/76
—old trees 9/26
—orchids 9/12, 10/6
—ornithocoprophiles 9.24
—Pfiesteria 5/76, 7/5
—rainforest 12/24
—separation by Great Wall of China 11/8
—sexually deceptive 9/12
—soapy 12/76
—succulents 7/26
—touch-sensitive 4/16
—tree rings 10/76
—trunk-flowering 1/26
—wood 10/76
puggle 11/82
purring 5/16, 7/4
Queensland Frog Society 3/5
Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease 1/5
Rainbow Serpents 3/42
rainforest definition 12/24
reef sounds 1/5
reintroductions 1/84
REPTILES
—archosaur vision 10/12
—blue-tongued lizards 2/5, 6/9
—catching 2/24
—chameleons 3/13
—crab-eating snakes 9/15
—crocodile pressure sensors 8/15
—crocodiles, fossil 2/11
—dinosaur cannibalism 12/12
—dinosaur noses 5/11
—dinosaur vomit 4/9
—domination myth 11/54
—Eulamprus tympanum 6/15
—feathered dinosaurs 10/34
—geckos 2/10, 7/7, 7/15, 11/26
—goannas 6/24
—Great Desert Skink 1/24
—Green Turtle 4/15, 12/82
—honeydew-feeding geckos 7/15
—Jacky Lizard 9/60
—Komodo Dragon 11/16
—Lace Monitor 6/24
—Lake Eyre Dragon 11/7
—leaf-tail geckos 11/26
—madtsoiid snakes 3/36
—Majungatholus atopus 12/12
—Marine Iguana 8/18
—Northern Snake-necked Turtle 12/44
—Pacific Coast Aquatic Garter Snake 1/14
—photoart 11/68
—pterosaurs 8/21
—pythons 4/12
—Red-sided Garter Snakes 7/16
—sauropod dinosaurs 7/44
—sauropod embryos 6/13
—sea kraits 8/44
—sea snakes 5/62
—Shingleback 3/6
—Simosuchus 2/11
—Sleepy Lizard 3/6
—smallest lizard 7/10
—snake length 11/15
—snake lingual luring 1/14
—snake twining 10/7
—Snow Skink 3/8
—Sphaerodactylus ariasae 7/10
—Tokay Gecko 2/10
—White-crowned Snake 11/78
—Wonambi 3/36
research, for the sake of humans 1/4
rinderpest 3/4
salt 11/7
sclera 6/19
scorpions 3/9
Simpson Desert 11/28
skin cancer 2/15
skin colour 2/6
slaters 2/20, 8/82
slugs 1/82
sperm trains 9/18
sperm, longest 10/18
SPIDERS
—blood-sucking 11/72
—cocoon web
—Colonial Spider 10/22
—comb-footed spiders 2/9
—'ears' 12/82
—jumping spiders 5/44
—Nephila 1/17
—orb-weaving spiders 2/18, 6/18
—Poltys 5/82
—post-mating sudden death syndrome 12/11
—prey-wrapping 10/11
—sexual size dimorphism 8/16
—stabilimenta 6/18
—tube spiders 1/82
—twig-mimicking 5/82
—Water Spider 11/19
—wolf spiders 9/16
spider-web cap 1/17
stabilimenta 6/18
Stonehenge 12/10
structural colouration 8/52
Sydney Harbour 3/70
tapeworms 4/16
temperature sex determination 4/15, 6/15
Terrick Terrick National Park [Photoart] 12/68
time of birth 4/18
Toxoplasma gondii 3/8
Triassic - Jurassic meteorite impact 8/13
tropics [Photoart] 9/68
tsunami 9/44
underwater vision 12/10
velvet worms 1/60
volcanoes 5/12
vomit, fossilised 4/9
water degradation 2/83
weighing scales 9/12
wilderness 9/84
worms, Frankfurter 9/82
zero, concept of 1/6
Authors And Titles
AHYONG, S. [Review of] Coral Sea reef guide 1/77
AKERMAN, K. [Review of] Hunters and trackers of the Australian desert 8/78
ALTMAN, J., GRIFFITHS, T. & WHITEHEAD, P. Invasion of the rubbish frogs 10/44
ANDERSON, E. Magazine rap [Letter] 4/5
ANDERSON, P. Cats & Devils [Letter] 12/5
ANTÓN, M. [Review of] Prehistoric mammals of Australia and New Guinea : one hundred m ill ion years of evolution 10/80
ATKINSON, K. [Review of] A remarkable eye: the Australian photographs of Jean-Paul Ferrero 6/79
AUSTIN, J. Evolutionary theory [Letter] 4/5
BARNETT, C. Early birds 7/9
BARNETT, R. Aboriginal Puddy Cats [Letter] 12/4
BEACHAM, E. & MILLER, L. [Review of] The science book 5/80
BENKENDORFF, K. Exploring molluscs [Letter] 4/4
BENSHEMESH, J. Field moles [Letter] 6/4
BERENTS, P. [Review of] Sea urchins of Australia and the Indo-Pacific 10/80
BICKEL, D. [Review of] Australian insects: a natural history 1/78
—[Review of] Dragonflies of the world 5/79
—[Answer to] Robber fly by 9/83
—[Review of] In the blink of an eye: the cause of the most dramatic event in the history of life 12/78
BLAIR, S. A spoonful of honey 1/50
—Which honey? 1/59
BLAKERS, R. Beach seasons [Photoart] 5/72
BOLAND, C. Bird brains 11/46
BOLES, W.E. [Review of] A guide to the birds of the Philippines 1/78
—Ozzie kiwis 3/17
—[Review of] Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds. Vol. 5. Tyrant-flycatchers to chats 3/76
—[Review of] Where to find birds in north-east Queensland 3/76
—[Review of] Feather and brush: three centuries of Australian bird art 3/78
—[Answer to] Food for will ie 4/83
—[Answer to] Sexing magpies 6/82
—[Answer to] Losing feathers 6/83
—[Answer to] Cross lorikeets 7/82
—[Review of] "Walking with Beasts" 8/78
—[Answer to] Wheezing frogmouths 8/82
—[Review of] Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic birds. Vol. 6. Pardalotes to shrike-thrushes 11/78
—[Review of] "Australian Bird Calls: Tasmania; Subtropical East; and Tropical North-east" 12/80
—[Answer to] Raven or crow? 12/82
BORGHINO, J. [Review of] Asimov's elephant 12/80
BOWMAN, D. Biotechnology: evolutionary fire 4/84
—[Answer to] Living with fire 7/84
—Running with buffaloes 8/62
BRADSHAW, C.J.A. & HINDELL, M.A. Fat explorers of the deep 9/34
BROWN, S. Congratulations [Letter] 11/5
BROWNLOW, B. For the sake of humans [Letter] 1/4
BRYANT, E.A. Tsunami in Australia 9/44
BURBIDGE, A. Princess Parrot 7/24
BURKHOLDER, J.M. Benign algae? [Reply to Letter] 7/5
CAMERON, E. [Review of] Wyperfeld: Australia 's first mallee national park 4/76
—[Review of] A guide to rare & threatened animals in central Australia 10/78
CAMERON, M. & SODERQUIST, T. Ecological triage [Letter] 7/4
CARLTON, R. Synchronised flying [Letter] 8/5
CLODE, D. Language of love 1/8
—Feeling the blues 1/18
—Impalpable passions 2/9
—Little boy bass 3/16
—The needs of natives [Letter] 5/5
—[Answer to] Shellfish feelings 8/83
—Trunk calls 11/12
COHN, L.J. Rankled over rank [Letter] 11/4
CONRADT, L. Scaredy stag [Reply to Letter] 5/4
COSTELLO, S. [Review of] "Rainforest Rhapsody" 4/79
CREW, J. Saw spotting [Letter] 8/5
DALEBOUT, M. Bare bones & beaked whales 6/64
DEAR, M. Barred frog record [Letter] 6/4
DOGGETT, S.L. [Answer to] Huge mosquito 3/83
DORFMAN, E. Stalking the stork 4/44
—Premature deliveries [Reply to Letter] 6/4
DOWNES, E. True hookers [Letter] 2/5
DOWNING, A. & OLDFIELD, R. Limestone mosses 3/54
DROVER, A. Do all fish-eaters smell? [Letter] 4/4
EDGECOMBE, G. [Review of] The variety of life 7/78
EDWARDS, J. Coastwatch [Photoart] 1/70
ELDRIDGE, M. A purple puzzle 7/36
ELGAR, M.A. [Review of] Killers in Eden : the true story of k ill er whales and their remarkable partnership with the whalers of Twofold Bay 9/80
ELLIOTT, E. A handful of collectibles [Letter] 10/5
ENNIS, T. [Review of] The whales' journey 4/79
ENTWISLE, T. Flesh-eating algae 5/76
—After dark 6/76
—First to flower 7/76
—Silent witness 8/76
—Ghostly glows 9/76
—Stored in the rings 10/76
—True blue 11/76
—Froth and bubble 12/76
EUSSEN, D. The Kimberley [Photoart] 4/70
—The tropics [Photoart] 9/68
EVANS, O. [Review of] Australian rainforests 3/77
EWERT, D. Native pseudopets [Letter] 3/5
FAGAN, P. In defence of rainbows [Letter] 12/5
FANNIN, P. Stop the splits [Letter] 8/4
FERNHOLM, B. Beautiful hagfishes [Letter] 5/4
FLECKER, P.O. One snake or two? [Letter] 12/4
FRIEND, T. Gilbert's Potoroo 9/22
FUDGE, D.S. Hagfishes: champions of slime 2/60
FULLAGAR, R. Neanderthal the hunter 1/8
—Ozzie origins 1/10
—New first out of Africa? 1/18
—Sex in the sun? 2/6
—Foul proof of foul play 2/9
—Ancient nit-pickers 2/15
—Becoming human 3/10
—Getting a grip on early human tools 3/14
—Termites on the menu 3/18
—Show-offs and pay-offs 4/7
—Ancient woodworkers 4/13
—Pass the tapeworms 4/16
—Oldest human ancestor 5/8
—Fish and fast food 5/13
— Arctic pioneers 5/18
—Fire first 6/14
—Original hippies 6/16
—Neanderthal nurses 6/20
—High pitch for Neanderthal IQ 7/12
—The start of art? 7/74
—Ancient nut-crackers 8/10
—Goodbye Homo ergaster ? 8/20
—Kiss me 8/74
—The human tangled bush 9/10
—Consuming passions 9/15
—Hunters and collectors 9/74
—Thrust, not thrown 10/12
—Performance-enhancing slugs 10/19
—Making faces 10/74
—Pruning the human family tree 11/13
—Mungo Man dates Mungo Lady 11/17
—Hunter, scavenger, grandmother, yam 11/74
—Vagina megaliths 12/10
—Earliest modern funerals 12/19
—First words: let's stick together 12/74
GERICEVICH, F. A handful of collectibles [Letter] 10/5
GERRARD, G. & DAWSON, J. ...Or marbled wheezers? [Letter] 9/5
GIBBONS, P. & LINDENMAYER, D. Respecting our forest veterans 9/26
GIBSON, L. [Review of] Watching wildlife Australia 2/78
GILL, P. & MORRICE, M. The Bonney Blues 11/38
GILLINGS, B. Scaredy stag [Letter] 5/4
GRANT, T. [Review of] Platypus 7/80
GRAY, E. [Review of] Birds of Australia : photographic field guide and Australian birds: a concise photographc field guide 9/80
GRAY, M. [Answer to] Mystery funnels 1/82
—[Review of] Dangerous creatures of Australia 6/80
—[Review of] Spiders of Australia : interactive identification to subfamily 11/80
—[Answer to] Spider ears 12/82
GREEN, K. Arsenic and Bogongs 10/52
GREER, A.E. Once exotic, always exotic [Letter] 2/4
—[Review of] Tadpoles of south-eastern Australia 5/78
—The end of natural evolution 6/84
—[Review of] The new nature 7/80
—Humans-one of a kind [Letter] 10/4
—[Answer to] Snake charmer 11/82
—[Answer to] Turtle off track? 12/82
GRIFFIN, D. Sacred owl [Letter] 6/4
GRIFFITHS, K Croaks and daggers [Photoart] 2/70
GRIGG, G. [Review of] The cane toad: the history and ecology of a successful colonist 8/80
HALL, M. Duetting larks 7/52
HARMAN, E. Protective plumes [Letter] 12/4
HAROLD, G. Reptile magnetism [Photoart] 11/68
HAYWARD, M. Mainland Quokkas 12/26
HEINSOHN, R. & LEGGE, S. Seeing red: a parrot's perspective 1/32
HICKEY, G. Born to drink 1/12
—Beautiful hagfishes [Reply to Letter] 5/4
—The power of purring 5/16
—[Review of] The new encyclopedia of mammals 5/78
—Cackling chooks 6/18
—Erratum [Letter] 7/5
—Lunar myths 7/12
—For the record [Letter] 8/5
—Pandas aim high 8/10
—...Or marbled wheezers? [Reply to Letter] 9/5
—Long-necked stinkers 9/18
—If the shoe fits... 10/8
—For the record [Letter] 11/5
—Ugly Neanderthals 11/10
—[Answer to] The trouble with puggle 11/82
—Windy whales 12/17
HOLDEN, K. Scaredy stag 1/9
—Polar bears swap cubs 1/10
—Tusks tell of tragedy 1/13
—When less means more 2/12
—A social fever 2/14
—Spinning to order 2/18
—Fatal attraction 3/8
—The lazy cannibal 3/9
—Monkeys make medicine 3/12
—Seeing red 4/7
—The advantage of dull neighbours 4/8
—Horny beetles 4/11
—Snake guts and bladders 4/12
—The Vesuvius vapours 5/12
—Cow-a-bungle 5/18
—Crossing the line 6/9
—Jumbo jumble 6/15
—Men and their meat 7/14
—Resurrecting the Dodo 7/15
—Delicious or malicious? 7/18
—Hairy mermaids 8/14
—Incy wincy spiders 8/16
—Lionesses prefer brunettes 9/8
—Go gadget crow! 9/19
—killers from the deep 10/15
—From rut to ruin 11/11
—Playful dragons 11/16
—Not too flashy 11/18
—Dinner on a denticle 12/8
—Underwater vision 12/10
HOLDWAY, J. Frog laws [Letter] 1/6
—Thankyou readers [Letter] 3/5
HONE, K. Terrick Terrick [Photoart] 12/68
HOOPER, J.C. Return calls [Letter] 8/4
HORTON, D. Pure state of nature 2/52
—Conservation through profit [Reply to Letter] 3/5
HOSE, G. Colonial Spider 10/22
HUTCHINGS, P. [Review of] Soft corals and sea fans 6/78
IMAGE QUEST-3D. Beyond the reef: plankton [Photoart] 7/70
INGLEBY, S. [Answer to] Beached mystery 5/82
—[Review of] Cousins: our primate relatives 6/80
—[Review of] Gliders of Australia: a natural history 11/80
JAMES, D. Albatross Island [Photoart] 8/70
JOBSON, P. [Review of] Wildflowers of the Brisbane Ranges 1/77
—[Review of] Sydney 's bushland: more than meets the eye 2/78
—[Review of] A photographic guide to the wildflowers of south-eastern Australia 9/78
JOHANSON, Z. [Review of] Dinosaurs of darkness 1/76
—[Review of] The dinosaur dealers: mission, to uncover international fossil smuggling 10/78
JONES, R. [Review of] The dinosaur hunters 4/78
—[Answer to] Scaly fossil 7/82
JOSEPH, L., NORMAN, J.A. & CHRISTIDIS, L. Leapfrog birds 12/60
KAPLAN, G. Magpie mimicry 10/60
KEARNEY, M. Is there a pure state of nature? [Letter] 4/5
KEMP, D.J. Brill iance on the wing 8/52
KENNETT, R. Turning turtle 12/44
KEOGH, S. Where did sea snakes come from? 5/62
KERWICK, C. Toad-wise crows [Letter] 1/6
KNOX, J. Women's worth [Letter] 12/5
LAKE, S. Flying rats [Letter] 11/4
LAMOND, C. [Review of] The secret life of wombats 3/78
LARKINS, D. [Review of] The flight of the emu 5/79
LEE, M. Vegetarian crocs 2/11
—Early bird catches the warm 3/14
—Moose for dessert? 4/10
—Bacterial reawakenings? 5/14
—False dental records 6/12
—Ant traffic snarls 7/13
—In with a bang? 8/12
—Loved to death 12/11
—& SCANLON, J. An ideal serpent 11/15
LEGGE, S. To kill a kookaburra 5/26
LEIS, J.M. [Review of] The Australian weather book 4/76
—[Review of] "Beneath Southern Seas: Sharks, Rays, Seahorses & Other Fishes of Australia 's Unique Coast " 12/78
LEMCKERT, F. Digging up the dirt on Giant Burrowing Frogs 2/26
—Barred frog record [Reply to Letter] 6/4
—Green-thighed Frog 11/24
—The frog with the Midas looks 4/62
LEMMER, L. [Review of] Hearts & minds: creative Australians and the environment 1/77
—[Review of] Birds: their habits and sk ill s 4/77
—[Review of] How many birds is that? 6/79
LETNIC, M. Floods, flames and Foxes 11/28
LEVINGSTON, K.R. Spell check [Letter] 1/5
LINDENMAYER, D. Stirring the possum 4/26
—A case for messy forests 8/84
—& Cunningham, R. Playing possum 10/26
—& Taylor, A. Ghosts of gliders past 8/30
LINDSAY, S. [Review of] Significant flora of Cradle Mountain day walk areas 6/79
LLOYD, S. Tawny wheezers [Letter] 9/5
LOW, T. Frog laws [Reply to Letter] 1/6
—Flowers from wood 1/26
—To catch a lizard 2/24
—Growing native weeds 3/24
—[Review of] Australian medicinal plants 3/77
—The art of naming 4/24
—[Review of] Road to now: taking stock of evolution and our place in the world 4/77
—Amazing Murnong 5/24
—[Review of] Bush invaders of south-east Australia : a guide to the identification and control of environmental weeds found in south-east Australia and Environmental weeds: a field guide for SE Australia 5/80
—Wattle become of Acacia? 6/28
—Ant wars 6/56
—Where are all the succulents? 7/26
—Ecosystem engineers 8/28
—[Review of] Australia state of the environment 8/80
—Growing where birds breed 9/24
— Buffalo bull [Letter] 10/4
—Humans-one of a kind [Reply to Letter] 10/5
—1080 plants 10/24
—[Review of] Wildlife on farms: how to conserve native animals 10/78
—Where leaf-tails lurk 11/26
—[Review of] EUCLID : eucalypts of southern Australia 11/78
—Rainforest: defining the impossible 12/24
LOWE, K. [Review of] Douglas Mawson: the life of an explorer 1/78
LOWE, P. Stressed mole [Letter] 2/4
LUMNITZER, A. Catching the harbour [Photoart] 3/70
MACFARLANE, G. & MARKWELL, K. Homsexuals, naturally 12/52
MACGREGOR, C. [Review of] Past lives: unlocking the secrets of our ancestors 4/79
MAJOR, J. Non-wandering albatrosses 1/20
—Love hurts 2/7
—Toxic birds 2/16
—Chameleons suck 3/13
MAJOR, R. [Review of] Birds in your garden 1/79
—[Answer to] Robin in drag 3/82
—Urban currawongs 9/52
MAY, T. Fungi have names too [Letter] 1/4
MCALPIN, S. Great Desert Skink 1/24
MCDONALD, T. [Review of] Flying foxes: fruit and blossum bats of Australia 2/76
MCDOWALL, R.M. [Review of] Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Australia 8/78
MCEGAN, C. Conservation through profit [Letter] 3/5
MCGHEE, K. Snakes fish with forked tongue 1/14
—Lovers or fighters? 1/17
—To row or to flap? 2/6
—Grip of the gecko 2/10
—Malaria in a warmer world 2/13
—Penguins prepare for parenting 3/7
—The skink link 3/9
—Bonobo back-flip 3/15
—Antarctic meltdown 4/6
—Cicada clocks 4/12
—The truth about eel orgies 4/18
—Mini midwives 5/7
—A steller mistake 5/8
—Revealed ovulation 5/9
—Marine megafaunal overkill 5/15
—Bluffing deer 6/8
—Humpback's bumpy flight 6/22
—Leaving warning signs 7/8
—Fluoro Budgies 7/14
—Sweet and sour elephants 7/18
—Like father, like son 8/13
—Head-butting whales 8/17
—The truth about oil sp ill s 8/18
—When flowers mean no sex 9/12
—The physics of dieting 9/12
—The fall of Darwin's finches? 10/9
—Say it with leaves 10/16
—Apes on the brink 11/17
—Are Chimps just hairy humans? 12/8
—Furless humans 12/15
—Animal magnetism 12/16
MCGROUTHER, M. [Answer to] Angling for a fish 4/82
—[Review of] Australian seafood handbook: imported species 9/78
—[Answer to] Fish Naps 10/82
MCLEAN, M. Soft- or hard-boiled? 4/15
—Lounge lizards 6/9
MCNAMARA, G. [Answer to] Balled planets 7/82
MILLER, W.H. Relief calls [Letter] 8/4
MOONEY, N. Native pets: an unnatural disaster 3/84
MORANTE, J. Frog correction [Letter] 1/4
MORRISON, R. Pictures that bite [Photoart] 6/72, 7/5
MORTON, S. [Review of] Red sand green heart: ecological adventures in the outback 12/78
MORVAN, J. [Review of] How to dunk a doughnut: the science of everyday life 11/78
MOSKWA, A. Yellow faces [Letter] 9/4
MOULDS, M. [Answer to] Greengrocer with the blues 6/82
MULDER, R. & KRAAIJEVELD, K. Curly cues 12/34
MURRAY, S. & PATTERSON, D. Benign algae? [Letter] 7/5
MUSSER, A. [Review of] A gap in nature: discovering the world's extinct animals 4/78
—[Review of] "The Ballad of Big Al" 6/78
NEGRO, J.J. Yellow Faces [Reply to Letter] 9/4
NOAD, M. Singing gia nts change their tune 4/36
NORMAN, M. Masters of mimicry 6/38
OBENDORF, D. Rabbit calicivirus immunity [Letter] 1/5
ONFRAY, R. Man-eating and rinderpest [Letter] 3/4
ORD, T. Dragon body language 9/60
OWEN, M. A handful of collectibles [Letter] 10/5
PARDOE, C. [Answer to] Ear pockets 9/82
PARKER, A. Water-harvesting beetle 6/10
PARNABY, H. [Review of] A field guide to the mammals of Australia 5/79
—[Review of] Tree hollows and wildlife conservation in Australia 7/78
PATON, D.C. Troubled waters for the Coorong 7/60
PATTERSON, B. Man-eating and rinderpest [Reply to Letter] 3/4
PAXTON, J. Shark nets in the spotlight 10/84
PETERS, A. The burden of beauty 6/30
PETERSEN, D. Premature deliveries [Letter] 6/4
POGONOSKI, J. [Review of] Living reefs of the Indo-Pacific: a photographic guide 3/76
—Green Sawfish 6/26
—Saw spotting [Reply to Letter] 8/5
—Blind Gudgeon 12/22
POLLARD, S.D. The shroud of Nephila 1/17
—Assassins who live with the dead 9/72
—The creature from the deep lagoon 10/72
—Blood-sucking spiders 11/70
—Striped ghosts of the twilight 12/72
—& Jackson, R.R. Tusks, horns and hairy penises 5/44
POSSINGHAM, H. [Answer to] Ecological triage 5/84
PRIDDEL, D. & CARLILE, N. Lord Howe Island Giant Stick Insect 4/22
—& WHEELER, R. Malleefowl: mounds of difference 2/42
RAULINGS, E. [Review of] Triggerplants 9/78
READ, J. Life on the moon 1/42
—Desert warming 8/38
RECHER, H. & LUNNEY, D. The problem with wilderness 9/84
REED, R.N. Sea kraits of Vanuatu 8/44
REID, C. [Review of] Wild solutions 4/78
REID, S. Congratulations [Letter] 8/5
ROBINSON, M. [Answer to] Red triangles 1/82
—[Answer to] Mistletoe munchers 2/82
—[Answer to] Possum song 4/82
—[Review of] Australian reptiles and amphibians 6/80
—[Answer to] Feather legs 6/82
—[Review of] Insects of Australia 7/80
—[Answer to] Frankfurter Worms 9/82
—[Review of] Magpie alert: learning to live with a wild neighbour 11/80
RUDMAN, B. [Review of] A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south 10/80
RYAN, S. What's your biodiversity identity? 12/84
SADLIER, R.A. [Review of] Pythons of Australia 1/76
—[Review of] The encyclopedia of amphibians 3/79
SALISBURY, S. Baby behemoths 6/13
—Clash of the titans 7/44
—The fuzzy frontier 10/34
—[Review of] A field guide to dinosaurs 12/80
SALTON, J.A. Optimal design [Letter] 5/5
SCANLON, J. & LEE, M. The serpent dreamtime 3/36
SERVENTY, V. Puddy Cats [Letter] 11/4
SHARP, A. Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby 5/22
SHEA, G. Blue-tongue egg? [Reply to Letter] 2/5
SHEPHARD, C. Nielsen Park She-oak 3/22
SHIMMIN, G., SKINNER, J. & BAUDINETTE, R. Life in a wombat burrow 3/62
SIMPSON, R. Mary River Cod 8/26
—, KIND, P. & BROOKS, S. Trials of the Queensland Lungfish 5/36
SMITH, B.J. A handful of collectibles [Letter] 10/5
SMITH, H. [Answer to] Spider twig 5/82
SMITHERS, C. [Review of] Native bees of the Sydney region: a field guide 2/77
—[Answer to] Whose necklace? 10/82
SORENSEN, E. Zero-tolerance [Letter] 1/6
SPENCER, P. Brush-tailed Phascogale 2/22
—& MORO, D. Mixing Mala 1/84
STATHAM, M. A handful of collectibles [Letter] 10/5
STODART, E. Platypus 'birth' [Letter] 12/5
STRAHAN, R. Coiling hags [Letter] 7/4
SULLIVAN, R. The nautilus nose 1/14
—Dishonest crabs 1/15
—Blister beetles mimic bees 1/20
—Big chill for big bird 2/8
—Oiling up against skin cancer 2/15
—Paddlefish shun metal 2/18
—Blocked noses for Sleepy Lizards 3/6
—What makes a wallaby jump? 3/11
—Marsupials and mistletoes 3/13
—Bear facts on hibernation 4/8
—Happiest birthdays 4/18
—Cretaceous chunder 4/9
—Grandmother knows best 5/6
—Dolphins stun prey with sound 5/10
—Firefly switches 5/14
—Well-slung duck 6/19
—Gorillas splash out 6/20
—Lilliputian lizard 7/10
—Battle of the sexes 7/20
—Arrested for rape 8/9
—Snap, crackle and pop 8/23
—Pussy cat, pussy cat... 9/13
—Smart quills 9/14
—All aboard the sperm train 9/18
—Frog hollows 10/17
—Giant sperm wars 10/18
—Penis bones 11/9
—Shark gel 11/13
—Cultured apes 11/14
—Dogs get the point 12/9
—The right way to kiss 12/14
SUNNUCKS, P. & TAIT, N. Tales of the unexpected 1/60
SURMAN, C. In pursuit of the gurge 3/26
—Crazy crisis for Christmas 11/60
TAÇON, P.S.C. [Review of] Aboriginal Australians: spirit of Arnhem Land 4/77
—Aborigines and honey 1/57
—& PARDOE, C. Dogs make us human 4/52
TAIT, N. [Review of] The waterbug book: a guide to the freshwater macroinvertebrates of temperate Australia 8/80
TAYLOR, G. The Dugong enigma 2/34
THOMAS, A. Slap-happy whales 1/12
—Owl chick-chat 1/16
—Pigeons go boom 1/19
—Opossums grip and grope 2/12
—Decoy bee cells 2/17
—Ticked off 3/8
—Confetti with a punch 3/11
—Penguins' ticklish toes 4/14
—Plant stroke 4/16
—Mother of mass extinctions 4/17
—Dirty birds 5/16
—Blue-blind whales 6/16
—Chimp's living doll 6/22
—Picking thorns 7/8
—In-flight meal 7/9
—Guppies mimic fruit 7/21
—Lick me, moosey 8/12
—Only booby girls get the blues 8/22
—Archerfish do it without looking 9/10
—Lopsided jealousy 9/17
—Does hunting control Foxes? 10/9
—Dare you to eat me! 10/10
—The big die young 10/14
—Bipolar fish 11/11
—Take me to your cleaner 11/20
—Taste test for virgins 12/13
—The problem with being faithful 12/18
THOMPSON, G.G., WITHERS, P.C. & SEYMOUR, R. Stressed mole [Reply to Letter] 2/4
TORR, G. The honey bee hilton 5/7
—Mother's choice 6/15
—It doesn't always pay to advertise 6/18
—Bright eyes 6/19
—Budding talents 7/10
—Honeydew on tap 7/15
—Snake blankets 7/16
—Crab-cracking snakes 9/15
—Eat dung and dye 8/8
—The mane thing 8/14
—Skimming hotheads 8/21
—Handsome Mandrill s 9/9
—Frog chauffeurs 9/16
—Through ancient eyes 10/12
—Butch Fossa 10/13
—Roses are red, violets are...? 10/14
—Great Wall flowers 11/8
—Aquatic spiders 11/19
—Birds say it with citrus 12/13
—Marsupial murder mystery 12/17
—& ROBINSON, M. The sound of spring 6/6
—& ROBINSON, M. The caterpillar conundrum 6/6
—& ROBINSON, M. From the collection [Bogong Moth] 6/6
—& ROBINSON, M. Calling all froggers 6/7
—& ROBINSON, M. Slippery summer swimmers 7/6
—& ROBINSON, M. Things that go crash in the night 7/6
—& ROBINSON, M. Home is where the gecko is 7/7
—& ROBINSON, M. From the collection [Australian Plague Locust] 7/7
—& ROBINSON, M. Fun with fungi 8/6
—& ROBINSON, M. New season's penguin fashions 8/6
—& ROBINSON, M. Playing possum 8/7
—& ROBINSON, M. From the collection [Upland Sandpiper] 8/7
—& ROBINSON, M. Lichen time 9/6
—& ROBINSON, M. Watch out for whales in winter 9/6
—& ROBINSON, M. Moving down in the world 9/7
—& ROBINSON, M. From the collection [Paper Nautilus] 9/7
—& ROBINSON, M. Crab meet 10/6
—& ROBINSON, M. Sneaky orchids 10/6
—& ROBINSON, M. Fighters, not lovers 10/7
—& ROBINSON, M. From the collection [Murchison Meteorite] 10/7
—& ROBINSON, M. It's Christmas time 11/6
—& ROBINSON, M. A fish out of water 11/6
—& ROBINSON, M. Salty summer 11/7
—& ROBINSON, M. From the collection [Lake Eyre Dragon] 11/7
—& ROBINSON, M. Eyes lie a hawk-moth caterpillar 12/6
—& ROBINSON, M. Parasite delight 12/6
—& ROBINSON, M. Burrow-bound birds 12/7
—& ROBINSON, M. From the collection [Aboriginal fire sticks] 12/7
TRAILL, A. Sound observations [Letter] 1/5
TRINSKI, T. [Answer to] A ray's prey 2/82
TUCKER, K. & S. Congratulations [Letter] 11/5
TUCKER, P. & ALLANSON, A. Triage [Letter] 8/5
UDOVICIC, F. Wattle be will be [Letter] 8/4
VAN DYCK, S. What-a-rat! 1/22
—Slater peccadillos 2/20
—Sex to die for 3/20
—Do all fish-eaters smell? [Reply to Letter] 4/4
—Fowl play 4/20
—Flying in the face of guilt 5/20
—Goannas, first-class monitors 6/24
—True blue heeler? 7/22
—Kamikaze cuckoos 8/24
—Thumbs down to the Sewer Rat 9/20
—Diamond drill for sore gums 10/20
—Spitters and swallowers 11/22
—Ring-picking tales 12/20
VETTER, I. Feline soothe-sayer? [Letter] 7/4
VIGGERS, K. & LINDENMAYER, D. The other brushtail possum 6/46
VISSER, I.N. Kiwi killers 3/46
WAGENFELD, J. Destructive humans [Letter] 9/5
WALSH, N. [Review of] Native grasses 7/78
WARD, B. Party quotes [Letter] 5/4
WARD, B. Social climbing wagtail [Letter] 6/5
WHITE, A. [Review of] Frogs of Australia 2/77
WHITE, M. Past sets limits for the future 2/84
WILLIAMS, J. Blue-tongue egg? [Letter] 2/5
WILLIAMS, P. Lost cause for lost gia nts? [Letter] 7/5
—Marsupial lions snatch & run [Letter] 11/4
WILLIS, P. Dino nose job 5/11
—Sensitive crocs 8/15
—Dinosaurs dine out on relatives 12/12
WILSON, B. Beautiful nature [Photoart] 10/68
WILSON, G.D.F. 'BUZ'. [Review of] Australian marine habitats in temperate waters and Deep ocean 2/76
—[Answer to] Clean slaters 8/82
WOODS, V. Drumming for love 9/16
—Buzz off big ears 10/8
—Wrapped with love 10/11
—Doing the faecal fling 11/8
WROE, S. The killer rat-kangaroo's tooth 1/28
—[Review of] Architects of eternity: the new science of fossils 3/78
—Evolutionary theory [Reply to Letter] 4/5
—Lost cause for lost gia nts? [Reply to Letter] 7/5
—The myth of reptilian domination 11/54
—Cats & Devils [Reply to Letter] 12/5
—, FIELD, J. & FULLAGAR, R. Lost gia nts 5/54
—& JOHNSON, C. Bring back the devil? 11/84
YOUNG, D. Tuning in to cicadas 7/28
