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Wildlife around the world over are creeping back into cities deserted due to COVID-19. Image: Jie Huang

Agriculture & environment

Where the wild things are: nature responds as coronavirus keeps humans indoors

by Alex Kusmanoff, Brendan Wintle, Casey Visintin, Freya Thomas, Georgia Garrard, Katherine Berthon, Lee Harrison, Matthew Selinske, Sarah Bekessy, Thami Croeser—April 16, 2020

With most children now schooling-from-home, here are some sanity preservers for kids. Image: Max Goncharov

Self-isolation survival pack: For kids

April 15, 2020

“As Jennifer Wolch describes, urban growth affects both non-urban wildlife and the ecologies of animal life in the city itself.” Image: Rod Waddington

Agriculture & environment

Trans-species health: An aesthetic responsibility

by Claire Martin—April 9, 2020

Co-founders of Public Practice, Pooja Agrawal and Finn Williams. Image: Timothy Chase

Planning & policy

‘New Municipalism’: A Conversation with Finn Williams and Pooja Agrawal

by Melanie Dodd, Shumi Bose—April 9, 2020

Wendy Whiteley's secret garden in Sydney. Thanks to Sydney Museums, it can be enjoyed virtually through an online video. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Self-isolation survival pack: Virtual landscapes

by Foreground—April 3, 2020

Anti-skateboarding design reveals greater truths about power structures within our cities. Image: OFFICE

“No skateboarding”: The politics of public space at Lincoln Square

by Mark Jacques—April 3, 2020

The benefits of parks and public open space for our mental health and physical health are even more evident during a pandemic. Image: Josephine Baran.

The Foreground five: March’s most-read stories

by Foreground—April 1, 2020

Cycling is emerging as the best way to get around during the pandemic. Image: Mitchell Luo

As COVID-19 bites, this ‘freedom machine’ is enjoying a resurgence

by Jo Russell-Clarke—March 31, 2020

Dr Greg Moore is Chair of the National Trust's Register for Significant Trees committee and a tireless advocate for arboriculture. Image: supplied.

Agriculture & environment

For Dr Greg Moore, defending living heritage isn’t about the past, but protecting our future

by Foreground—March 27, 2020

Signage in public parks in Florida encourages distance between people. Image: Jordan Hopkins

Parks in a time of pandemic

by Jo Russell-Clarke—March 25, 2020

Professor Billie Giles-Corti advocates for healthy city design

Planning & policy

What can the coronavirus teach us about healthy cities?

by Billie Giles-Corti, Foreground—March 24, 2020

Back issues of Kerb, one of the longest-running landscape architecture journals in the world.

Gutter journalism: Reflections on a quarter-century of Kerb

March 19, 2020