Biodiversity
Possum personality key to survival
Traits that help possums thrive in captivity may be detrimental in the wild.
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News
New microscope technology possible game-changer
Australian scientists have developed a prototype microscope using world-first technology that could have massive implications across a number of fields.
News
VIDEO: False killer whales hunt down baby shark off Sydney coast
Rare footage of a pod of false killer whales hunting down a juvenile shark has been captured by drone off Cronulla beach in Sydney’s south.
News
Australia has a new biggest earthquake
The records have been given a shake up: a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in Tennant Creek, NT, in 1988 is now officially our biggest on record.
Biodiversity
Rock wallabies airlifted to new home
Yesterday, 23 threatened back-flanked rock wallabies were relocated by plane to a new home in Western Australia.
Nature & Wildlife
Reptiles poached from WA outback found in Victoria
Wildlife investigators have recovered 12 native reptiles suspected to have been taken from Western Australia and trafficked to Victoria.
News
The number of known planets just doubled
NASA today announced 1284 new exoplanets – the single largest finding of planets to date, including nine that could be potentially habitable.
Nature & Wildlife
Western quolls released into Flinders Ranges
The final batch of 15 western quolls has been released in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges National Park after an absence of more than a century.
News
NASA releases epic transit of Mercury video
Yesterday’s transit of Mercury was only visible in the Northern Hemisphere – but this stunning video from NASA will make up for missing out on the rare event.
Nature & Wildlife
Crocodile eyes more sophisticated than previously thought
Crocodile eyes are even more finely tuned for hunting than we thought, according to new Australian research.