Science & Environment
Skinks cooperate to build ‘mansions’
Unlike any other known lizards, the great desert burrowing skink collaborates with family to build elaborate homes.
Science & Environment
Cane toads help spread parasites to frogs
Two native parasites spread by cane toads may be responsible for the population decline of 10 frog species.
Nature & Wildlife
Rare white kiwi is first born in captivity
A newly hatched white kiwi is thought to be the first to be born in captivity, say New Zealanders.
Nature & Wildlife
Breeding success good news for pygmy possum
Scientists have successfully bred a healthy mountain pygmy possum from two genetic groups.
Science & Environment
Free-floating planets found unbound to stars
Ten planets the size of Jupiter have been found which do not appear to orbit any star.
Nature & Wildlife
Species loss almost twice as slow as thought
A glaring mistake in how species loss is calculated has been revealed by researchers.
Science & Environment
Exploding watermelons pose hazard in China
Scores of watermelons in China have been bursting from overuse of growth hormones.
Science & Environment
Outbreak of deadly mosquito virus in WA
One person has died and others have fallen ill after an outbreak of mosquito viruses in WA.
Nature & Wildlife
Surprise discovery of bleating frog in Victoria
The bleating tree frog, thought to inhabit only NSW, has been discovered in Victoria.
Science & Environment
Life on the floodplains
Sporadic heavy rains bring a slow tide of change to parched lands in the Murray-Darling basin.