Science & Environment
Australia’s heatwave: a taste of things to come
Unprecedented heat and bushfires are a wake-up call, says Tim Flannery, but we’re running out of time.
Science & Environment
Tarkine mines last straw for Tasmanian devils?
Mines proposed in north-west Tasmania could devastate populations of undiseased devils, says Hamish McCallum.
Science & Environment
Aboriginal genes suggest Indian migration
Northern Australian aboriginals may have had contact with Indian migrants 4000 years ago, says study.
Science & Environment
Bushfire hits Australia’s largest observatory
A fire on Sunday night damaged Siding Springs Observatory in Coonabarabran, the site of the nation’s largest telescope.
Science & Environment
‘Galactic geysers’ blasting from Milky Way
Streams of charged particles stretching more than halfway across the sky have been detected by an Australian telescope.
Nature & Wildlife
Extinct echidna may be alive and well in WA
Tantalising research suggests the long-beaked echidna, thought long extinct in Australia, could still exist in the Kimberley.
Science & Environment
Famous dinosaur tracks not from stampede
Tracks in Queensland thought to represent a stampede may have been left by swimming dinosaurs.
Nature & Wildlife
Huge new flying frog discovered in Vietnam
An Australian biologist has uncovered a new species of flying frog in Vietnam.
Science & Environment
Vast numbers of ocean species are unknown
Somewhere between one- and two-thirds of all species in the world’s oceans are still unknown to science, says study.
Science & Environment
Scientists use termites to find gold
Researchers are using termites to find precious metals beneath Australia’s landscape.