Qld researchers have discovered that a New Zealand stinging nettle targets the same pain receptors as other plants and animals,giving clues on how to block pain.
Penguins pooing plastic,turtles caught in fishing line,burnt koalas:Taronga Zoo’s vets work hard – and their behind-the-scenes status looks set to change.
Scientists have answered a longstanding question about mammalian evolution to determine when the integral trait of warm-bloodedness first emerged.
As hundreds of people report sick and dead frogs across Australia,scientists are yet to find the cause of a second wave in what they call a “frog pandemic”.
The thin white filament,approximately the size of a human eyelash,is “by far the largest bacterium known to date”.
Bacteria discovered in the deep south have genes that give them antiobiotic and antimicrobial resistance and could spread out from polar regions.
From hunter-gatherers to city dwellers,study shows that all groups like and dislike the same scents.
Some people baked bread or wrote during the pandemic lockdown. Scientist Tim Flannery cleared up the origins of some of Australia’s most iconic species.
Genome sequencing tests suggest the extinct flightless bird could be brought back to life,say scientists.
Researchers have unveiled the world’s largest forest database,showing that 2000 more species of tree are to be discovered across Australia and Oceania alone.
It has long been a mystery how lunge feeding whales draw in huge quantities prey-filled water without flooding their respiratory tracts.