Regular haircuts can make ewe happy
Every girl knows a new haircut is sometimes all you need to get your mojo back, but a new study has found it works for sheep too! Researchers at...
Environment
Wily whales parrot predators
Australian long-finned pilot whales are sneakily breaching protocol, mimicking the calls of their natural predator and food rival –...
Sweet smell of science success on the reef
Scientists have been sniffing around the southern Great Barrier Reef in an effort to find out how corals “smell”...
Top cat’s hot rap
A new world-first Australian study has spotted that, although wild jaguars in the Amazon are coping well with global...
The best place to bee for pollinators
Native Australian bees and their introduced European relatives can support plant pollination together and are not being drawn away...
Sparrows know when to take their medicine
A high-flying international study has found sparrows, like humans, use medicinal herbs to defend against parasites and improve the...
Getting tentacles around toxins
Australia’s blue-ringed octopus is known for its unique appearance — with striking iridescent blue rings that flare when the...
Safely waving dingoes goodbye
The tall inflatable stick-people that wave energetically and erratically in front of car yards and furniture stores across Australia...
Fowl play builds bird brains
Australian scientists have been researching the state of play with bird brains, discovering that, contrary to popular wisdom, it...
Nature finds a way for tough little devils
Tasmanian devils have had a reprieve from extinction, thanks to the sturdy little predators building their own natural defences...