Northern marsupial moles (Notoryctes caurinus) are known by the Martu — the traditional owners of a large part of central Western Australia — as Kakarratul and live in the sand dunes of the ...

Sand dunes fringe large tracts of the world’s coastlines, built from wind-blown sand derived from the drying intertidal beach zone and trapped by onshore vegetation. While only 7% of the British ...

The wild weather associated with La Niña will drive more erosion along Australia’s east coast – enough to wipe out entire stretches of beaches and dunes, if all factors align.

Indigenous rangers in Australia’s Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, ... “Marsupial moles live in the sand, near the top of the sand dunes,” she said.

The dune study area in South Australia was half a mile southeast of 42 Mile Crossing. Patrick Hesp. ... 2013 and 2019, showing erosion of the shoreline and formation of new sand dunes.