The current population explosion and mass migration of moths and butterflies in Queensland is due to recent rain.
We’re working with Indigenous fire experts to design landscape burning partnerships, projects and activities.
Australia is home to lots of diverse species of flowers. And we found some of them had uncanny celebrity lookalikes!
Did you know flowers can be female, male, or have variations of both sexes in one flower? Frank Zich provides insights into plant sex diversity and taxonomic research at the Australian Tropical Herbarium.
Many Australian plants have strategies to cope with fire and some species even take advantage of bushfires to germinate.
Discover some of the ways bushfires harm and benefit different species of insects.
Celebrations in space, a major laser and a new human discovered. We've wrapped up the top science stories of 2019 as our gift to you.
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.
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.
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