Science & Environment
Aussie solar lamps light the way for flood victims
Australians have developed a low-cost solar light to help people in natural disasters like the Pakistan floods.
Biodiversity
Whale shark spotted in the Southern Ocean
Whale sharks mostly inhabit the tropics, but a rare sighting in the Southern Ocean suggests a change in behaviour.
Photography
Gallery: Lake Eyre great in green
Photographer Peter Elfes captures the continuing green flush at Lake Eyre, following unprecedented flooding.
Photography
Lake Eyre spectacular in green
Photographer Peter Elfes captures the continuing green flush at Lake Eyre, following unprecedented flooding.
Biodiversity
Black cockatoo numbers down by a third
WA’s endangered black cockatoo numbers may have fallen 35 per cent in just one year.
Science & Environment
Gannets risk lives for break-neck dives
Gannets risk their lives to dive at break-neck speeds into water to catch fish, new research shows.
Science & Environment
Sawfish uses snout to detect and stab prey
Sawfish use electrical signals in their long saw-like snout to detect, stun and then stab them.
Science & Environment
Sharing: the difference between man and ape?
Learning to share information for mutual benefit may have set humans on the path to world domination, say experts.
Science & Environment
Climate change transforming Himalayas
The effects of climate change may forever alter the terrain of the Himalayas, warn experienced mountaineers.
Science & Environment
Cuttlefish use polarising vision to communicate
Cuttlefish and other marine animals use polarised light as a type of secret language, experts say.