Genetically engineered silkworms spin stronger spider threads
If you cross a spider with a silkworm, you get stronger silk that could be used for bulletproof vests, athletic clothing and bandages.
Giant fossils show penguin colours were once grey and red
Penguins only recently donned their snappy black and white coats, palaeontologists have discovered.
Scientists uncover secret of sperm production
Sperm production is the result of specific chemical signals, a new study from scientists at the University of Queensland have found.
Dolphin DNA collected from blowholes
The dolphins at the National Aquarium in Baltimore are exhaling on cue to provide scientists with samples of their DNA.
Serengeti highway would cause an ‘environmental disaster’
Plans to build a highway through the Serengeti could spell disaster for 1.3 million wildebeest that call it home, scientists say.
World’s largest wave energy device planted off UK coast
A British company has taken a major step towards harnessing wave energy by planting a grid-connected power hub in a seabed in England’s South West.
From grey to green, car spaces to get facelift for a day
Urban areas in Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane will be transformed to green enclaves tomorrow, with environmentalists preparing to take over parking areas for a day.
Ice melt leaves walruses out in the cold
Recent sea ice melt in the Arctic has forced thousands of walruses onto Alaskan shores, causing scientists to once again question their future.
Montague Island and the Sea Dogs
Image: Richard Vevers/Underwater Australia Australian Seals suffer something of an identity crisis. They are actually sea lions, not seals, and yet they look nothing like the fearsome jungle creature.
Renewed calls to protect koalas from habitat loss, disease
The cute and cuddly koala, one of our most well known native animals, is under threat from habitat loss and disease.
