Fifty new born red handfish are providing hope to scientists to help save the world’s rarest fish.
So you're hitting the beach this summer. Do you know much about the biodiversity you're sharing the surf with? From salps to seagrass, let's deep dive.
Knowing an animal's normal lifespan is hugely important for conservation efforts, but it's harder to find out than you'd think.
Our discovery of how to estimate animal lifespans from DNA has revealed how long woolly mammoths and Neanderthals lived.
As the sun sets on another busy year, let us take you for a dip into the amazing science that our research vessel Investigator has delivered.
New technology is allowing our farmers to grow even more prawns, and reduce the need to import prawns to meet consumer demand.
Insects are vital to sustaining life on Earth – and their numbers are falling fast. So consider ditching the fly spray and see what you can do to help.
Trying to find a unique gift for that impossible-to-buy-for person in your life. We may have the answer.
We've used the tissues of tuna to detect signals of climate change in the oceanic food web, indicating large-scale change in our marine ecosystems.
As African swine fever moves closer to home, our testing has found more pork products have tested positive for fragments of the virus.
A whale shark has been spotted 40 km upstream in a river in Queensland, puzzling scientists and the community due to this unusual behaviour.
Our new research has found wilderness areas act as a buffer against biodiversity extinction risk.
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