Australian researchers attached ‘backpacks’ with tiny sensors on nomadic Australian waterbirds birds to discover the extraordinary ways they migrate to find water.
Monitor lizards, also known in Australia as goannas, are some of the most iconic reptiles on the continent. Their lineage not only survived the mass extinction that ended the reign of non-avian dinosaurs, but also gave rise to the largest living lizards on Earth.
The rare alpine tree frog is fighting against the lethal fungus by breeding faster.
Underwater in the freezing waters of Antarctica I watched awestruck as gentoo penguins effortlessly rocketed and swerved around me at speeds that were sometimes too fast to follow. Even more surprising was seeing the flock dash for the surface, leap clear of the water like dolphins, and hurry away.
In Western Australia’s Esperance region, an Estonian migrant is solving an age-old pest problem in farming.
Ecologically irrelevant research can help us understand the limits of animal intelligence and develop bio-inspired technology. It can also help us explore behavioural responses to environmental change, and advance our understanding of the evolution of intelligence.
Two lizard-like creatures crossed tracks 355 million years ago. Today, their footprints yield a major discovery.
The extinct Malleodectidae family of carnivorous marsupials has become a little bit bigger with the addition of a newly described species – Malleodectes arenai – and a new genus so strange it has been named Weirdodectes.
While these objects have some similarities, there are crucial differences that can help us work out what just passed over our heads.
Australian maritime archaeologists are helping to decontaminate rusty war shipwrecks in the Pacific, preventing billions of litres of oil and other pollutants from leaking into the ocean.