
“I’ve seen only one in my life”: the blue tree frog mystery
Why did early scientists give the green tree frog a Latin name that means ‘blue’?
Why did early scientists give the green tree frog a Latin name that means ‘blue’?
A group of scientists on the Mornington Wildlife Sanctuary in the Kimberley have documented their lives during a record wet season.
Hidden away on the south coast of WA, Misery Beach has beaten out iconic coastal swimming spots to be crowned Australia’s best beach.
Christmas Island red crab babies have made their way back to the island in record numbers.
Australia is richly endowed with earthworm biodiversity, but of the 750 or so named species of earthworm in Australia, very few have been found in arid environments. The Broken Hill earthworm, a new genus and species, was a serendipitous find in an unexpected location.
The Kingdom of Tonga doesn’t often attract global attention, but a violent eruption of an underwater volcano on January 15 has spread shock waves, quite literally, around half the world.
Mangrove forests are rapidly expanding on remote sand cays in the northern Great Barrier Reef, capturing carbon and helping tiny islands grow despite rising sea levels.
Warmer waters brought on by Australia’s rapidly changing climate makes it difficult for them to build strong shells.
Melbourne-based industrial designer Girius Antanaitis is answering veterinary surgeons’ toughest questions.
Up to 216 Australian birds are now threatened – compared with 195 a decade ago – and climate change is now the main driver pushing threatened birds closer to extinction, landmark new research has found.