The four most notable mechanisms of camouflage, and some of the animals whose lives depend on the...

For many creatures in the animal kingdom, camouflage is a matter of life and death. Whether the hunter or the hunted,...

NASA scientists were in Australia this week to talk about the scientific and social results of se...

“A scientific wonderland” is how Alan Stern – principle investigator of NASA’s New Horizons mission – described the m...

Internet searches used to accurately track the spread of disease.

A simple Google search could hold the key to tracking and preventing the outbreak and global spread of epidemics. In...

Ancient mitochondrial DNA has cleared up the family tree.

Solving an 180-year-old mystery that Charles Darwin himself couldn’t crack, new access to ancient DNA has revealed th...

If you’ve ever wondered how big the planets really are, this video helps put things in perspective.

It’s easy to feel small in the vastness of our solar system. Get ready to feel even smaller: this video provides an e...

This video celebrates the diverse array of clouds that can be seen from space

If you were to look down at Earth from space, you’d notice that around two-thirds of its surface would be blanketed b...

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is currently observing the solstice on Saturn.

An enhanced-colour animation showing seasonal changes in Saturn’s north polar region between 2013 (left) and 2017 (ri...

High definition and slow motion reveal the majesty of ink.

The mesmerising movement of ink through water is in fact nothing more than the random motion of molecules.  Ink ente...

NASA’s Operation IceBridge monitors the state of the Arctic ice from above.

Meltwater in crevasses in southern Greenland, as seen during Operation IceBridge's last flight of the 2017 Arctic cam...

NASA’s RAISE mission takes a quick flight above the atmosphere to snap some high-speed pics of th...

The RAISE rocket being prepared for take-off.Amir Caspi, Southwest Research InstituteCapable of snapping 1,500 images...

Fossil unearthed in 1995 reveals a new species of dinosaur.

Paleontologists Emanuel Tschopp (left) and Ben Pabst with the mounted G. Pabsti skeleton in the Sauriermuseum Aathal ...

Infant mice receive an immunity boost after an infusion of Clostridia bacteria, writes Jana Howden.

Colonies of Clostridium difficile bacteria.CDC/ Dr. Gilda JonesFrom mood manipulation to yo-yo dieting, our intestina...

Australian doctors often fail to give patients appropriate treatment.

Infecting 50 to 100 million people each year and causing symptoms ranging from a rash to haemorrhaging, dengue virus ...

Can you “catch” attitudes from others? New research suggests you can. Jana Howden reports.

Can't be bothered? Sounds like you've caught a dose of laziness.MotoEd/Getty ImagesFeeling lazy, impatient, or pruden...

Many species of fish spend time out of water. New research involving Plasticine is helping scient...

Many species of blenny spend periods of time out of water.Getty ImagesTaking the phrase “fish out of water” to new he...

Poking about in ancient dental plaque throws up surprising clues about Neanderthal diets. Jana Ho...

A Neanderthal skull, showing teeth that could yield surprising clues about diet and medication.Wikimedia CommonsAncie...

A UK study finds the use of fertiliser to make our daily bread is unsustainable. Jana Howden repo...

Bread: beautiful but environmentally costly. Andrew Masterson A team of scientists from the University of Sheffield ...

New research suggests that women with genital herpes carry an increased risk of giving birth to a...

Women with genital herpes – a sexually transmitted disease affecting about one in five American females – have twice ...

Seagrass is much more than a sediment stabiliser – Jana Howden discovers that it can also stop pe...

A plethora of species lives alongside seagrass meadows, such as these fish and invertebrates in Indonesia.Margaux Hei...

Millions of years of horse development suggest that one of the key assumptions of evolutionary th...

These three Hipparion species coexisted around eight million years ago in the Iberian Peninsula, being just one examp...

7,700 year-old skeletons share genetics to modern people.

Two 7,700-year-old Stone Age East Asian skeletons are very similar genetically to modern populations in the area, acc...

The proof-of-principle study shows how cells of one species can be grown inside the body of anoth...

An illustration of tissues of the pancreas. The numerous beta cells (yellow) secrete insulin. Researchers have grown ...

Wookiee, Eopie, Gigoran … these critters have captivated generations. Jana Howden found their cou...

Volanthevist / Getty ImagesStar Wars galaxy: Ewok Milky Way galaxy: Philippine tarsier, Tarsius syrichtaLooking like ...

Produced by time-consuming, laborious farming practices.

Vanilla is found in an estimated 18,000 products worldwide, but down the track, genetic modification might be the onl...

Generate spinning vortices that pull its body forward.

Looking at a lamprey’s toothy sucker mouth, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a creature straight out of a horror...

Get up close with this time-lapse footage of delicate water crystals.

While we’re able to watch the mesmerising formation of snowflakes here in Vyacheslav Ivanov’s time-lapse video, the s...

Cephalopods comprise some of our favourite colourful creatures. How they see the world is nothing...

Octopuses and their cephalopod cousins are famous for their ability to change colour and hide from predators and attr...

Sugar and brandy can bestow longevity on the holiday staple.

As Christmas races towards us, plenty of people focus on food – more specifically, rich, sugary, indulgent treats, as...

Synchronised brain waves, induced by a strobe light, prompted immune cells to gobble more beta-am...

The brain’s cleanup crew can be kicked into action to mop up harmful proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease, a new mo...

Populations of our primate cousins made famous by Jane Goodall were found to have antibiotic-resi...

Primatologist Jane Goodall – pictured here in the 1960s – studied the Gombe chimpanzees. Since then, contact with hum...

Species can help each other out if there’s something in it for them. But some relationships are s...

Azem Ramadani / Getty ImagesAphids and the bacterium Buchnera aphidicolaThese small, sap-sucking insects are the bane...

Nocturnal photography captures the Milky Way galaxy and aurora borealis in 4K.

Branding himself a "nocturnal photographer", Vincent Brady creates stunning images and videos of the night sky over t...

Finding hidden explosives using a different kind of lab.

A 3-D printed labrador nose is 18 times better than standard devices at finding the faint odours that characterise ex...

Biomedical engineer Molly Shoichet will deliver a lecture on translating research to real life.Tara Walton / Toronto ...

Food expiration-date misconceptions and guidelines.

More than 60 billion kilograms of food is thrown out in the US every year, meaning as much as 40% of America’s food i...

From a cat that impersonates monkeys to spectacularly sticky spit, Jana Howden takes us through s...

UMI NO KAZE / a.collectionRF / Getty ImagesBacterial buddiesThe bobtail squid (Sepioloidea pacifica) which looks like...

A mouse study shows a high-fat diet changes the microbiota and dampens the obese body’s ability t...

As if losing weight wasn't hard enough. A mouse study shows resident gut microbes affect how much weight an obese mou...

First a red spot, then pus rising from beneath – telltale signs of a dreaded pimple. So what’s go...

Acne afflicts up to 50 million Americans each year, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. But is it true ...

Uniting friends to do their bit for the environment.

An Australian environmentalist has launched a fundraising initiative – Edge Pledge – that generates which unites frie...