Australia woke to news this morning that NASA’s latest spacecraft launch from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center was a huge success. Our own Karina Holden was there for lift off!
What started as a study to better understand how lobsters prey on sea urchins instead discovered sharks also predate on the pest.
On October 10, NASA is launching a new mission to find habitable spots on Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon, Europa.
When dead animals are left lying around in nature, who takes advantage of the free feed – carnivores or herbivores? The answer may surprise you.
Scientists have investigated why some underwater species yawn – and the reason is not what you might think.
In our nation’s marine life lies potential chemical and pharmaceutical discoveries, but can the rights of nature be balanced against corporate interests?
Most Australians are enthusiastic beachgoers, and we all take for granted the waves that wash our shores. But supposing there were seas on other worlds – would they have such waves too?
New research into ancient fossil tracks discovered near Melbourne last year proves that dinosaurs lived at the poles.
A coastal emu nest has been discovered on the NSW North Coast, where the population of the endangered species is estimated at fewer than 40 individuals.
Our understanding of where to find ancient life in Australia has been turned on its head by a new appreciation of the country’s geology. Now the world is looking to our vast outback as the latest hotspot to locate fossils.