Jumping spiders are basically just cats
They’re cute, curious, and won’t get off our kitchen bench.
They’re cute, curious, and won’t get off our kitchen bench.
Did you hear the story about the workman who was buried alive in wet concrete during a bridge construction? Or was it a dam?
There’s something magical about a ray of sunlight, especially if it illuminates an object of reverence. Even more so if it’s a spectacle that only occurs once a year.
As altered fire regimes transform ecosystems across the Top End, intact wilderness offers a vital lifeline for native wildlife.
Earlier this year, a team of astronomers led by scientists at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, made a discovery that was paradoxically both humdrum and spectacularly exciting.
Nature didn’t dole out survival tools fairly – some animals got the lion’s share, while others… make do with what they’ve got.
When residents of the NSW Northern Rivers town of Murwillumbah awoke on 23 November 1978, they discovered their main street was crawling with police cars and camera-toting media.
Let’s just say, they don’t have the thickest of skins.
We used to think the ‘sex’ of an animal was clearly defined by its chromosomes. But it’s way more complicated than it seems.