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The article offers information on the journey to the Thornton Peak and Mt. Lewis by some of the members of the Australian Geographic Pty. Ltd. (AG). It mentions the places to go in the Peak, which include the Wet Tropics that is affected by climate change. It cites the animals that can be seen in the peak including a variety of birds, possums and frogs.

The author focuses on the preservation of endangered wildlife in Papua New Guinea. Topics discussed by the author include his journey to the YUS Conservation Area in Huon Peninsula which is established by doctor Lisa Dabek to protect the habitat of endangered Huon tree kangaroo, the collaboration between local communities to maintain the area, and the effect of climate change in the forests of New Guinea.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of participating in a research project that aims to combine traditional ecological knowledge and scientific knowledge to determine the status and distribution of mammal species across the Northern Territory.

The article focuses on the role of aboriginal knowledge in developing scientists' knowledge on native mammals. It informs about a collaborative research project that was launched in September 2005, to collaborate both the scientific and aboriginal knowledge and map out the pattern of the decline of mammals in the northern Australian region. It states that the research team is formed by a collaboration between the Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, the government of the Northern Territory, The Wilderness Society and several Aboriginal groups across northern Australia. It mentions that the accumulated and intricate knowledge of the aborigines is helping the scientists to find out the species that were considered extinct by the scientists.