Flora & Fauna
Man deliberately bitten by snakes helps create new antivenom
This story comes with a warning – don’t try this at home!
Fossils
Fossil teeth show extinct giant kangaroos were homebodies
Fossil teeth show extinct giant kangaroos spent their lives close to home – and perished when the climate changed.
Flora & Fauna
Scientists capture first confirmed footage of a colossal squid
An international voyage has captured the first confirmed video of a colossal squid – a 30cm juvenile – in its natural habitat at a depth of 600m near the South Sandwich Islands.
Flora & Fauna
It’s not easy being green
As well as suffering the same range of threats facing animals worldwide, our frogs continue to battle a deadly fungal disease.
Biodiversity
OPINION: Time to plug holes in species conservation
To prevent extinctions, we need to start addressing the big gaps in our national threatened species list, argues Hugh Possingham, the Biodiversity Council’s Co-chief Councillor.
Science & Environment
Celebrating Tidbinbilla
I’m often asked about the space probes that are leaving the solar system, never to return. There are five of them: Pioneer 10 and 11 and Voyager 1 and 2 – all launched in the 1970s – and New Horizons, which began its journey to Pluto and beyond in 2006.
Photography
Red sprites: Photographing a rare phenomenon
Red sprites have been captured on camera in Western Australia’s Kimberley.
Flora & Fauna
Planktivores surprise scientists with diversity of shapes
For decades, experts believed that plankton-feeding fishes – or planktivores – share a specialised, uniform design. However, new research shows not only is this false, but they also display the widest range of body forms of any feeding group among reef fishes.
Flora & Fauna
Zombie ants found in Top End
Strange-looking ants being controlled by a fungus have been discovered on Jawoyn country in the Northern Territory during a Bush Blitz expedition.
Climate
The Australian woman fighting to restore the world’s most biodiverse reef
Australian-born Lynn Lawrance is restoring Raja Ampat’s reefs, injecting fresh life into communities both underwater and on land.