Science & Environment
Could an Australian city burn like LA?
LA is on fire. How will Australia cope when bushfires hit Sydney, Melbourne or another major city?
Nature & Wildlife
Bringing the Top End’s massive moth back to the burbs
One man is on a mission to bring Australia’s second-largest moth back to Darwin.
Nature & Wildlife
Cost to save all threatened species in Australia calculated for first time
Australia has already lost at least 100 species since European colonisation. Across land and freshwater habitats, 1,657 species are currently threatened with the same fate. Their populations have fallen 2-3 per cent every year over the last quarter century.
Need To Know with Dr Karl
Killer cat stats
A crunching of the numbers reveals some extremely sobering facts about the carnage caused by feral cats in Australia.
Science & Environment
Your 2025 guide to the southern sky
A total eclipse of the Moon, Saturn’s rings ‘disappear’, meteors, and more. Here’s all the celestial events visible from Australia this year.
Nature & Wildlife
Serious sea smarts
Octopuses are sparking innovation and inspiring us in ways we never thought possible.
Science & Environment
Why the beach is an amazing place to teach children science
Summer is a wonderful time for families to go the beach and for small children to get to know the water and the sand. But aside from being a place to relax, the beach provides many ways to teach young children about science.
Science & Environment
Prescribing a ‘dose of nature’ delivers health budget savings
Researchers find It can pay to look after nature with each visit to a national park saving the health system almost $100.
Science & Environment
Bird flu ‘panic’: Dire advice to pet owners not to release exotic birds into Aussie bush
Authorities are warning that one of Australian’s most popular pets – the rose-ringed parakeet – could become our next “extreme” pest.
Nature & Wildlife
Moonstruck: How lunar light influences animal behaviour
Lunar animal research is receiving the technological and methodological breakthroughs necessary for the next wave of intriguing findings.