Science & Environment
Designer gum trees bred for city living
Researchers are creating new species of eucalypt to suit Australian urban landscapes.
Science & Environment
Uncovered: the truth about opal formation
The secret of how opals formed in Australia’s Red Centre could shed light on the landscape on Mars.
Science & Environment
Prehistoric koala named after Dick Smith
A 20-million-year old koala skull found at Riversleigh in Queensland represents a new species.
Nature & Wildlife
OPINION: What killed Australia’s megafauna?
Climate change, not human activity, drove Australia’s megafauna to extinction, says Dr Stephen Wroe.
Biodiversity
Tarkine mine on hold due to court ruling
Work has halted on a proposed iron ore mine in Tasmania’s fragile Tarkine region.
Science & Environment
GALLERY: World’s tiniest flowers bloom in the lab
Chemists have manipulated the growth of crystals to build beautiful nanoflowers that are impossibly small.
Science & Environment
Oldest ape fossils hold clues to evolution
The earliest evidence of apes and monkeys co-existing has been uncovered in Tanzania.
Science & Environment
Second solar eclipse in six months
The annular eclipse on 10 May 2013 was the last in a string of solar events visible from Australia.
Science & Environment
GALLERY: The secrets of plant sex
Flowers attract pollinators via bright colours and beautiful aromas and some resort to trickery in an effort to reproduce.