History & Culture
First Fleet ship given National Heritage status
The wreck of a First Fleet ship which once carried Governor Phillip has been given National Heritage status.
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News
Cycads not around when dinosaurs roamed
A new study debunks the idea that modern species of cycads were present at the time dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
News
Gallery: Microscopic images of pollen
Scientists are using new technology to put the microscopic world of pollen in focus.
History & Culture
Australian colonial art uncovered in Canada
Original artworks depicting 19th century colonial Australia have been found in a cupboard in Canada.
Biodiversity
Perth Zoo orangutan to be released into the wild
In a world first, Perth zoo will release a zoo-bred male orangutan in the jungle of Indonesia to help save the species.
History & Culture
PM Science Prize winners announced
This year’s winners of the PM Science Prizes include chemists who rewrote the textbooks on plastics.
News
Snowy River flushed with 84,000 megalitres
A spring flush has flowed from Lake Jindabyne for the first time in 40 years.
News
Shackleton’s 100-year-old Antarctic biscuit for sale
A 100-year-old biscuit from Shackleton’s 1907-09 expedition to Antarctica is up for auction.
Nature & Wildlife
Drunken parrot season begins in Darwin
The season for drunken lorikeets has begun in the Northern Territory, but no one knows what causes it.
News
DNA confirms Aboriginal culture one of Earth’s oldest
The first Aboriginal genome sequence confirms Australia’s native people left Africa 75,000 years ago.