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Rare spider orchid sprouts after bushfires

Rare spider orchid species are making a come back in the wake of the 2009 Victorian bushfires.

Automated acoustic sensors are revolutionising the way ecologists track the twitter of native birds.

The Australian flooded gum is the world’s most farmed tree – and now scientists have unlocked the secrets of its DNA.

An Australian scientist has made the most accurate measurement yet of how fast the Universe is expanding.

A new fossil find upends the theory that the famed Archaeopteryx is the origin of all bird species.

Casting a message in a bottle adrift is an age-old communication method, but it can also reveal ocean currents.

Indigenous PNG languages are dying with each generation, and may only survive in ceremonies, experts say.

New marine ‘monsters’ like giant sharks or whales are likely to be discovered in the near future, according to an expert.

The discovery of ancient intact footprints suggest early humans began walking upright earlier than thought.

The powerful Hubble telescope has spotted a fourth moon orbiting Pluto, announces NASA.