Northern Australia’s annual monsoon season brings relief to drought-stricken lands and revitalises crops and livestock for farmers. But a study of 150,000 years of climate records […]
A major discovery by an interdisciplinary team of experts in green chemistry, engineering and physics at Flinders University in Australia has found a safer and more […]
Climate change and habitat loss are affecting animal populations around the world and reptiles such as South Australia’s own endangered pygmy bluetongue are susceptible to higher […]
For the first time, the remarkable features of Australia’s unique wildlife – from platypus, bilby, kangaroo, koala and emu to mammals gone extinct – are available […]
South Australia has experienced record-breaking low rainfall and high temperatures in the past 6-12 months, placing considerable strain on native vegetation and streetscapes. A new study […]
The origin of reptiles on Earth has been shown to be up to 40 million years earlier than previously thought – thanks to evidence discovered at […]
Owls, well adapted to hearing the exact location of prey, have something in common with an unrelated group of raptors – harriers. A new study led […]
The Earth’s magnetic field quietly supports life on the planet and now, for the first time, its invisible powers have been used to create new nano […]
To understand why kangaroos hop – a rarity among animals – Flinders University researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs […]