Wild, free and feral: how brumbies are destroying Australia’s peatlands
Feral horses are running wild across Australia, and it might be reducing the amount of carbon our alpine peatlands can store.
Feral horses are running wild across Australia, and it might be reducing the amount of carbon our alpine peatlands can store.
Australian freshwater turtles are facing an alarming trend. Almost half of these species are listed as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered.
Have we underestimated how climate change drives extreme rain and floods?
Researchers have found pesticides in a third of the Australian frogs that were tested.
A recent international report revealed that many of Earth’s great animal migrations are under threat, including some in Australia’s own backyard.
The Australian government has announced a pledge of approximately AUD$940 million (US$617 million) to PsiQuantum, a quantum computing start-up company based in Silicon Valley.
The fossil, hidden underground since the Ice Age, has been brought to the surface in a precarious and meticulous mission executed by a team of intrepid scientists.
Meteors – commonly known as shooting stars – can be seen on any night of the year. But some nights are better than others.
Once known only to those studying biology, the word symbiosis is now widely used. Symbiosis is the intimate relationship of different species living together. It’s much more common and older than many of us might realise.
Have you ever wondered if there are more insects out at night than during the day?