Climate
Not all species are fleeing rising temperatures
Global warming creates new ecological hotspots as predators move out and other species move in, study finds.
Biodiversity
Let there be night
Artificial light has illuminated and reshaped our world after dark – but at what cost?
International
Dark sky delight
The Southern Hemisphere’s largest Dark Sky Reserve will make you feel small – in the best way possible.
Flora & Fauna
Hidden ‘bird highways’ reveal the extraordinary ways birds migrate to find water
Australian researchers attached ‘backpacks’ with tiny sensors on nomadic Australian waterbirds birds to discover the extraordinary ways they migrate to find water.
Flora & Fauna
Birds use hidden black and white feathers to make their colours pop
New research has revealed a surprising trick in which birds use those boring black and white feathers to make their colours even more vivid.
Flora & Fauna
Paddleboarding pups sniff out elusive platypus
These dogs have learned new tricks to help researchers search for platypuses in hard-to-reach places.
Energy
Taking back the power
A scheme bringing solar electricity to remote communities promises to improve the lives of some of Australia’s most disadvantaged people.
Biodiversity
Rakali vs. black rat: Australian native rodent fights back
Footage has provided Sydney researchers with the first evidence of a native rakali attacking a black rat – an introduced and problematic species.
Climate
Algae Armageddon
Why has an unprecedented growth of tiny toxic plants been killing marine life en masse along Australia’s southern coastline?
Science & Environment
Discovery of ‘chainmail’ bone plates in goannas could be key to their evolutionary success
Monitor lizards, also known in Australia as goannas, are some of the most iconic reptiles on the continent. Their lineage not only survived the mass extinction that ended the reign of non-avian dinosaurs, but also gave rise to the largest living lizards on Earth.