Mike Archer has opened his home to possums, flying foxes, quolls and wallabies. But although he’s a renowned biologis...
You might be familiar with the concept of canaries in a coal mine, but have you heard of snakes in a radioactive zone...
Big cockroach evolutionAccording to the evolutionary tree of Australian burrowing cockroaches, published in Syste...
If you give a dog food, it isn’t necessarily going to return the favour, according to a new study, published in PLOS ...
Large coastal sharks engage in ‘shift work’ to share their resources, according to a new study from Murdoch Universit...
An international team of researchers including scientists from the University of Adelaide, has found overwhelming evi...
Homalictus fijiensis, female of the species. Credit: James DoreyAustralian researchers have used DNA analysis to ...
Emily Roycroft, Australian National UniversityAustralia has the world’s worst track record for wiping out mammals...
Turns out, males do have a purpose – and yes, it is about sex.According to a new study, published in Evolution Le...
The Australian Farmer of the Year award celebrates pioneers in farming who show innovation, resilience, and tenacity....
Snails carrying the world’s smallest computers on their shells have helped explain the mystery of their own survival ...
The domestic history of goatsHow and where were goats domesticated? 10,000-year-old DNA might be able to tell us....
