How whales lost their teeth
A fossil whale called Alfred helps explain how the world’s biggest animals made the evolutionary switch to filter feeding.
Environment
Smart plants can learn new habits
Study shows plants are capable of associative learning, an ability thought to be exclusive to animals.
Out-of-place fish warn of climate change impacts
New study reveals that early stages of species range shift correlate with warming oceans.
Secret lives of cats revealed
Cat Tracker project finds that pet cats travel further than expected, especially after dark.
Glow-in-the-dark geckos light way to farm biodiversity
How tiny reptiles left glowing trails to help ANU researchers investigate animal navigation through farmland.
Giant manta rays rely on deep sea food sources
Vulnerable manta rays find food in a zone regarded as the next frontier for open ocean fisheries.
Geologists find biggest exposed fault on earth
Scientists have for the first time seen and documented the Banda Detachment fault in eastern Indonesia and worked out...
Native animals seek refuge in Darwin suburbs
Charles Darwin University researchers are discovering the secrets to survival for threatened black-footed tree-rats and possums living in Darwin...
Plan to save the bees
An international research team has released a top-10 list of ways countries can protect pollinating insects such as bees,...
Printed books still top choice for Aussie teens
New research contradicts the stereotype of teenagers glued to their digital devices, finding adolescents prefer old fashioned print when...