Colour variation speeds up evolution
Decades of data gathered by bird watchers and geneticists have helped confirm a 60-year-old theory of evolution.
Plants and fungi joined forces to colonise the world
Soil-dwelling fungi played a crucial role in plant evolution.
Baby bush budgie
Bush budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) are one of Australia’s smallest parrots.
Zoos are looking for love online
Female tiger is seeking a mate. Must be genetically unrelated, calm, confident and not unduly aggressive. Preferably reared by his parents.
Discovering Australia’s own sea turtle
Understanding the Flatback turtle requieres more than your average conservation program.
Silk: the future of engineering
Silkworm cocoon inspires new technology for lightweight armour and cars.
Tiny solution for oil spills
Scientists have developed micro-submarines that can clean up oils spills.
Mysterious bleaching
The smooth coral flower (Eusmilia fastigiata) usually varies in colour from shades of yellow-grey to brown with blue-green tinting and white tentacles, but this particular specimen found on a reef in the Caribbean…
