New research using thermal imaging has found numbats can’t handle the heat, even during short bouts of activity in the sun, which researchers say may influence conservation efforts of the endangered species.
No matter how technologically interconnected we become or how many dusty old Aussie stock routes are sealed under bitumen, there are still places where you can truly leave the world behind and disappear for months on end. Few countries can boast as many such remote expanses as Australia, and few people know how to survive in them, but the late Denis Bartell OAM was one of them.
The only way to avoid 2023 being the hottest year ever is for December to be coldest ever. That’s not going to happen.
Summer holidays in Australia are not what they used to be due to climate change and the increasing threat of bushfires.
Tropical Cyclone Jasper has caused extreme rainfall in far north Queensland of more than 2m, leading to severe flooding across the region, forcing evacuations and leaving residents stranded.
In a ground-breaking research project, Australian reef scientists have released thousands of baby corals that could help restore damaged sections of the Great Barrier Reef into the future.
The end of the COP28 climate summit has seen representatives from nearly 200 countries agree to start reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change, signalling the eventual end of the oil age.
A group of biodiversity researchers thought they’d find 200 species living in their inner-city house and yard. They were very wrong.
The world isn’t doing enough to tackle climate change which could increase catastrophic weather conditions, experts warn following this year’s annual insight into how fossil fuel use is tracking globally.
An innovative collaboration between field biologists and zoo vets could be the saviour of one of Australia’s most recognisable mammals.