science Archives - Australian Geographic

Heed the call of frogs

Australia’s frogs are under threat, and the Australian Museum is asking for your help to halt their decline.

One year on: Stunning Webb telescope captures stellar image of star nursery

A spectacular new image has been taken by the James Webb Space Telescope to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of its science mission.

History & Culture

Questions raised about Western Australia as site of oldest signs of life

A new look at the oldest-known evidence of life, which is said to be in Western Australia, suggests the evidence might not be what it’s thought to have been.

Wildlife

Best foot forward

Small differences in the hands and feet of frogs are clues to big differences in behaviour.

Science & Environment

Create your own sustainability adventure

To encourage people to change things, you have to engage them. And the way to do that comes down to creativity.

News

Discovery identifies Australia as birthplace of all modern mammals

Research has uncovered evidence that the evolution of mammals began in the Southern Hemisphere, not the Northern Hemisphere, challenging hundreds of years of scientific dogma.

News

Giant wombats roamed the continent and now we have a complete description of their melons

The most complete skull of a giant wombat that roamed the continent 80,000 years ago has been described for the first time in history.

News

Billabong of ancient life

Fossils found in a field on a farm in New South Wales are yielding a remarkable insight into life 15 million years ago in eastern Australia.

News

Unspinning the secrets of spider webs

Stronger than steel and more elastic than rubber, spider silk has the potential to transform medicine, engineering, and materials science – if only we learn how to produce it.