The Great Southern Reef is losing its most valuable asset, the Tasmanian giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), but a group of researchers and partners are collaborating to save this vital habitat.
As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?
The best specimen ever recovered of the extremely rare night parrot is now on public display at Western Australian Museum – and it’s already led to a scientific breakthrough that can help save the species.
Thanks to a huge astronomical survey of the entire sky, we have now found what may be the most hellish place in the universe.
When the first cane toads were brought from South America to Queensland in 1935, many of the parasites that troubled them were left behind. But deep inside the lungs of at least one of those pioneer toads lurked small nematode lungworms.
Detailed satellite mapping of the world’s reefs has revealed there is more coral reef area across the globe than previously thought – information that’s aiding conservation efforts of these environments.
The good news: 25 Australian birds are now at less risk of extinction. The bad news: 29 are gone and four more might be.
A manufactured lake at the site of the famous Woodford Folk Festival, north-west of Brisbane, is the perfect environment for some rather odd native fish.
In an alliance between Australian marine ecologists and industrial designers, science and art meet to restore ecological function at some of the world’s most altered coastal landscapes.
A bizarre large-fanged, air-breathing, lobe-finned fish that once swam in the rivers of central Australia has been described by Adelaide researchers.