Logging could lead to Leadbeater’s Possum extinction
This and other species will become extinct within about 30 years unless clear-fell logging stops in Victoria’s Mountain Ash forests.
Environment
Microplastics leave fish unfazed, but human health risk remains
While pollutant-coated microplastics can accumulate in fish, the ingestion of these pollutants does not appear to influence their behaviour....
New evidence shows how solar system formed
New computer models and evidence from meteorites show that a low-mass supernova triggered the formation of our solar system
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.
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...