In classic jungle movies, there’s always somebody crouching in the trees with the sound of exotic birds (including Australian kookaburras!) calling in the background. Then, out of the blue, a poison arrow whistles through the sky and knocks out the hero. But did that ever really happen?
This parrot’s playful disposition is often cheeky, sometimes infuriating and always endearing.
New research adds weight to the suggestion of a long-lived ocean covering Mars’s northern hemisphere.
There’s a beautiful example of symbiotic mutualism playing out in our oceans: the pairing of the great goby fish and pistol shrimp.
No-one does absent parenting like these clever critters.
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.