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Adventurous chicks prefer outgoing males

Female zebra finches that are adventurous prefer similarly outgoing males, says a new study.

In the most accurate estimate of species to date, scientists say we’ve only discovered about 10 per cent.

A new report has found that the Coral Sea is one of the most diverse habitats for sharks and tuna.

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Repairs are underway for historical Sydney steps.

What may be 3.4-billion-year-old fossils of bacteria have been discovered near Port Hedland in Western Australia.

Of 250 known Aboriginal languages, just 20 are still in use today. A new project will attempt to revive some.

Superb fairy-wrens steer clear of danger by listening in on the warning cries of other birds.

An early ancestor of the blue whale hoovered up its prey rather than using baleen plates to filter feed.

An expedition into the Nullarbor has uncovered a hoard of fossilised birds, including one that is 780,000 years old. But what is it?

Hidden camera traps have snapped thousands of images of endangered animals in remote jungles.