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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.

News

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.

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 Australian this year.

Science & Environment

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.

History & Culture

New life for history-making RAAF Caribou A4-179 aircraft

A historic Caribou aircraft, once a symbol of courage and resilience and a stalwart of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), has been given new life and a new home in South East Queensland.