Livestock feed crops are under threat from aphids that evolved resistance up to 35 times stronger than normal. Now University ...

The Alice Springs crime wave gained widespread coverage in the past week. This crime wave and particularly the data on domestic violence assaults draws attention to a contentious issue that goes ...

Monotremes are among the world’s strangest animals, mixing mammalian and reptilian characteristics in the one creature. When British scientists in the 18th Century first saw a platypus they dismissed ...

Bringing extinct animals back from the dead is no longer the realm of science fiction but is fast becoming a scientific reality. Around the world, research is ongoing to bring back key species using ...

Unlike New Zealanders, whose education is rich in Maori language, history and customs, most Australians have only a sketchy understanding of the traditions of their country’s first peoples.

You don’t necessarily need a working knowledge of evolutionary theory to know that in the animal kingdom, larger beasts tend to live longer than smaller ones. An elephant lives longer than a mouse; a ...

Among the hand-written documents, books, and ancient artefacts in the Vatican Library is a 13th century manuscript on falconry written in Latin by or for the Holy Roman Emperor - King Frederick II of ...

Natural disasters like floods and heat waves demonstrate the real lack of control people have over the environment – although some of those disasters may actually be a consequence of human decisions ...

It doesn’t take long, if you spend any time on social media, to come across a meme, reel or TikTok taking a side in the US actor Johnny Depp’s defamation case against his ex-wife, Amber Heard. Social ...

The last few weeks have seen an escalation in racially motivated abuse towards people from Asian backgrounds, both here in Australia and around the world. But we’re also seeing this racism spark ...

Deep in a northeast Kimberley rock shelter on Balanggarra Country is a two metre-long rock painting of a kangaroo. This kangaroo is now Australia’s oldest known, intact Aboriginal rock painting. The ...

Human beings have five senses – taste, touch, sight, hearing and smell. These senses help us navigate the world and act as warning signs of dangers. We use them to make everyday decisions; for example ...