Looking for love in all the wrong places
Male funnel-web spiders have evolved to produce deadly venom to protect themselves against predators when they leave their webs to go looking for love. Researchers at the University of...
Environment
Social media saves the ray
Imagine trying to save the giant panda from extinction if you didn’t know it lived in China. That was...
We all return to where we dugong
“Hue-manatee” hasn’t been kind to dugongs, which are now listed as vulnerable to extinction at a global scale by...
Coughing up the true cost of bushfires
A new study has calculated the full health costs of last summer’s bushfire crisis, with smoke-related health costs climbing...
Clearing muddied waters
Some running concerns have been cleared up about water quality on the NSW Coffs Coast. Coff’s Coast waterways are...
Queenslanders eye-off cyclone risk differently
North Queenslanders are more likely to surge towards cyclone preparations if they think their actions will make a difference...
Creating energy from thin air
In a remarkable first, a team of Australian gas giants has come up with a way to tap into...
Balloon manufacturers’ bubble bursts
Marketing claims that latex balloons are biodegradable have been found to be a lot of hot air. Researchers from...
Global migratory freshwater fish stocks tank
The chips are down for some crucial aquatic species, thanks to something very fishy happening in the world’s rivers...
Getting ahead of the carbon dating curve
Australian researchers have gone back to the future — helping to make dating past events more accurate so our...