If someone mentions criminal gangs, you might think of drug trafficking or financial crime. But one of the most persistent illegal trades in the world flies largely under the radar: wildlife smuggling.
Many people mistakenly think they’re plants, but lichens are weird composite organisms – and Australia has a lot of them.
Identifying the cause of fish kills can be challenging, but a Western Australian researcher is using bivalves as spies to provide early intel ahead of such events.
A discovery by international researchers suggests slime produced by Australian velvet worms could underpin new sustainable materials.
A childhood in Sydney’s west shaped this young climate-action leader’s resolve to build a fairer, more climate-conscious Australia.
The cutting-edge CRISPR technology that’s already revolutionising human medicine and genetics is also being explored by Australian evolutionary biologists.
The world’s only complete specimen of a colossal squid – on display in New Zealand – has developed a cult-like following.
The frozen continent, and the treaty that protects it, have been in the news frequently of late – but for all the wrong reasons, argues ecologist and conservation biologist Professor Steven L Chown.
A radical plan is helping a tiny mammal – the mountain pygmy-possum– beat extinction.