The physics of porpoises
When it comes to catching prey, porpoises really use their heads.
Porpoise sonar is one of many enduring mysteries surrounding porpoises Are they really as happy as they seem? Are the...
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5 remarkable reptile facts herpetologists want you to know
Scientists share their wackiest, weirdest and most interesting reptile facts.
Today is Reptile Awareness Day! We reached out to our lizard-loving scientist friends to learn their favourite reptil...
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Oral vaccines, rare ecosystems and microplastic map
The ‘Oscars’ of Australian research, Eureka! 2021 rewards new ideas.
Black summer bushfire research, a vaccine against a childhood virus and a science education program for Indigenous st...
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Your Fat Bear Week 2021 Champion is here: Meet Otis
He’s fat. He’s chunky. And he wants a nap.
With a belly full of salmon and a body full of fat, Otis the bear claims the title of the fattest bear in Katmai Nati...
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Bushfires push native bees to the brink
The number of threatened Australian native bee species is expected to quadruple after the devasta...
The Black Summer bushfires may have been more devastating to Aussie bees than previously thought, new research indica...
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Fat Bear Week is here and it's full of chunky Ursidae
Vote on unbearably cute bears – and learn about how bears and salmon shape their ecosystem.
On the northern Alaskan Peninsula, thousands of brown bears have busily spent the last few weeks gorging themselves o...
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Shadowy world of nocturnal moth pollinators
Birds do it, bees do it, even moths in night-time breeze do it – pollinate plants, that is.
Most flowering plants need animals to facilitate pollination and, globally, most studies have focused on daytime inse...
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Are vampires real?
Believe it or not, the abilities of vampires really do exist in the natural world. Read on for de...
Seriously, do vampires exist? Are vampires real? When asked to describe a vampire, most people think of a tall, pale...
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These sounds scare humans: Did they come from aliens?
No, it’s just insect defence chemicals!
What’s that sound? The aliens are coming! No, wait – it’s only insect defence signals. These eerie sounds are the ...
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