Wildlife New research shows snakebites are rarer than you think DESPITE THE COMMON belief that Australia has some of the most venomous snakes in the world, our new research shows being bitten by a snake is uncommon in Australia and…
News Search for Shackleton’s sunken ship, Endurance, underway SCIENTISTS HAVE begun the search for Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, the ship abandoned by the legendary Antarctic explorer and his team back in 1915. The lost ship was reportedly crushed by…
News Shark deterrent research: WA pledges $2m THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT has announced $2 million in funding for shark hazard-reduction research, following one of the worst years for shark attacks in the state’s history. Over the last…
News Flowers can hear bees, new research suggests FLOWERS CAN hear and respond to the sound of buzzing bees, which spurs them to produce a more sugary nectar, new research has found. The findings from the study, recently…
News Research on feeding the world wins PM’s Prize for Science …Professor Graham Farquhar’s research has transformed our understanding of photosynthesis, led to the development of drought-resistant wheat varieties and probed a mystery about declining evaporation rates and wind speeds around…
News Dingoes are genetically different from domestic dogs, new research reveals …are fundamentally different from domestic dogs. In research published today in Science Advances, in collaboration with 25 researchers from four countries, we show dingoes are an early offshoot of modern…
News Rare documents reveal search for Australia …by explorer Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, who was appealing to the King of Spain for funding to search for the fabled southern continent. The artefacts round out the library’s collection, which…
News First search for atmospheres around Earth-sized exoplanets ASTRONOMER’S USING NASA’s Hubble telescope have conducted the first search for atmospheres around two temperate, Earth-sized planets outside our Solar System – and found indications that increase their chances of…
Science & Environment Searching for 'Planet Nine' …of Planet Nine but this prediction must also be tested. Astronomers have begun searching through astronomical surveys, such as the WISE survey, the Catalina Sky Survey, and the Pan STARRS…
Photography Coloured candy for the soul: Aussie Mick's search for beauty is found in the Australian landscape …every minute of it! “My images are an expression of my search for beauty and my never-ending quest to connect with nature. Western Australia offers a strong palette of contrasting…