Nature & Wildlife
Breeding success good news for pygmy possum
Scientists have successfully bred a healthy mountain pygmy possum from two genetic groups.
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News
Amazon tribe has no language for time
A tribe of people in the Amazon live their lives by events rather than time and have no word for ‘week’ or ‘year’.
Nature & Wildlife
Species loss almost twice as slow as thought
A glaring mistake in how species loss is calculated has been revealed by researchers.
Science & Environment
Exploding watermelons pose hazard in China
Scores of watermelons in China have been bursting from overuse of growth hormones.
Science & Environment
Outbreak of deadly mosquito virus in WA
One person has died and others have fallen ill after an outbreak of mosquito viruses in WA.
Nature & Wildlife
Surprise discovery of bleating frog in Victoria
The bleating tree frog, thought to inhabit only NSW, has been discovered in Victoria.
History & Culture
Burke and Wills time capsule unearthed
A time capsule buried beneath a monument to explorers Burke and Wills has been unearthed in Ballarat.
Science & Environment
Planets to align over Australia
For the first time in 101 years, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars are lining up over eastern Australia.
News
Vale Lionel Rose
Lionel Rose was Australia’s first indigenous World Champion and the first Australian of the Year. We remember him.
History & Culture
Mummified Maori head returned to NZ
The tattooed, mummified head of a Maori tribesman will be returned to New Zealand, from France, after 136 years.