In this finding purpose issue:

· The average Australian child spends less time being active outdoors than a maximum security prisoner. Danielle Shanahan and Richard Fuller ask how we can save wildlife by saving people’s connection to nature.

· Manu Saunders goes beyond the birds and the bees to showcase some of Australia’s most unusual pollinators.

· A special loathing is reserved for animals that suck our blood. Bryan Lessard calls for more appreciation of the virtues of horse flies