Hunting was likely killer of giant marsupials
The extinction of Australia’s ‘megafauna’ was caused by long-term hunting, new research suggests.
The extinction of Australia’s ‘megafauna’ was caused by long-term hunting, new research suggests.
Aboriginal rangers in Arnhem Land have won a national award for their work to contain the invasive yellow crazy ant.
Just a simple tilt of the head can make you look more attractive to a mate, say Australian researchers.
Like humans, cows use the each side of their brains for different functions, such as perceiving possible threats.
Europe’s great white sharks are Aussie expats that made a navigational error, says a new study.
Tropical parrotfish create mucous cocoons to protect themselves against blood-sucking aquatic parasites.
The top accolades for Aussie science are awarded for work on a fossil fish giving birth, cloned insulin and blood clotting.
The discovery of a 20-million-year-old fossil suggests marsupial moles evolved in rainforests, not deserts.
The traces of ancient earthquakes under the seafloor in New Zealand are helping predict future tremors.
An Australian telescope is helping rewrite the physics of black holes by studying a miniature one.