Science & Environment
Lyrebirds reveal hidden farming talents
Australian researchers have found superb lyrebirds ‘farm’ the forest floor to increase their prey – a behaviour rarely seen in nature.
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Rock solid: 600 million years of Aussie fossils now in 3D at new virtual museum
The new Virtual Australian Museum of Palaeontology offers free access to 600 million years of digital Australian fossils, from enigmatic early lifeforms to gigantic extinct marsupials.
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Crikey! A large roach believed extinct since the 1930s has been rediscovered on Lord Howe Island. Here’s why you should care.
Described as “cute and charismatic, and has no interest in going into people’s houses”, the Lord Howe Island wood-feeding cockroach has been rediscovered on the tropical paradise. But why is this a good thing?