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Forest, river and bridge in Melbourne, Australia.

Biodiversity and our brains: How ecology and mental health go together in our cities

By University of Western Australia, Zoe Myers — January 17, 2020

The endangered southern brown bandicoot is doing well in urban wildlife corridors created by infrastructure provision in Melbourne's suburbs. Photo: John O'Neill

Endangered bandicoots survive and thrive in urban sprawl

By Lucy Smith — January 9, 2020

Burnt Mountain Ash in Murrindindi Scenic Reserve, Victoria. Photo: Doug Beckers

Australia’s bushfire catastrophe: The real problem isn’t ‘woke greenies’, but a refusal to plan for the worst

By Foreground — January 9, 2020

A dead branch of a Eucalyptus camaldulensis (river red gum) plays pitstop for assorted bird life. Photo: Rexness

What good is a dead tree?

By Jo Russell-Clarke — January 9, 2020

FLIR image showing concentration of heat in a Western Sydney neighbourhood.

The Foreground five: Our most-read stories in December

January 8, 2020

New park and skating facilities at Noble Park station precinct. Photo: Peter Bennetts Photography

Take ten: Foreground’s most-read stories in 2019

December 19, 2019

Dr Sebastian Pfautsch

Extreme measures: An ecologist’s urban sensors show us just how hot Western Sydney is getting

By Foreground — December 12, 2019

View of Border Memorial: Frontera de los Muertos, John Craig Freeman, augmented reality public art. Southern Arizona, USA. 2012 – Present. Image supplied.

Protest and assembly in the augmented city

By Sara Dean — December 12, 2019

With the help of experts, communities in the suburbs, towns and and cities of Australia are taking control of their own neighborhoods to plan for climate change. Photo: Tom Rumble

From placemaking to place survival: Experts and the new community activism

By Foreground — December 12, 2019

The public space protests of Hong Kong have attracted particular interest over the past month. Photo: Pasu Au Yeung

The Foreground five: Our most-read stories in November

By Foreground — December 4, 2019

Dancer and choreographer Amrita Hepi moves in the landscape – part of a video installation produced with Claire Winsor funded by the TCL Kevin Taylor Legacy. Image: videographer Peter Drew

Cultural movement: what can dance tell us about place?

By Foreground — November 28, 2019

Driverless vehicles and pedestrians don't mix

Driverless vehicles and pedestrians don’t mix. So how do we re-arrange our cities?

By Peter Newman — November 28, 2019