Animals & Plants

Four new fish! A millipede with more than 1000 legs! Meet the latest species discovered by the CSIRO

The Guardian, Other, 12/08/2022 The Discovery Boffins at the CSIRO have uncovered 139 new species! What are they and how […]

The Australians who take care of our trees — and how you can too

ABC Online, Other, 14/08/2022, Gemma Conroy On the stark tablelands in the Monaro region just east of the NSW Snowy […]

Tiny turtle pooed ‘pure plastic’ for six days after rescue from Sydney beach

The Guardian, Other, 30/07/2022, Lara Sonnenschein A baby green sea turtle rescued from a Sydney beach had eaten so much […]

Australian species brought back from extinction in NSW after 200 years

Brisbane Times, Other, 10/07/2022, Laura Chung It’s been almost two centuries since the small Mitchell’s hopping mouse jumped across NSW, […]

Fish have ears to the ground on climate change: Why Pisces ears are a data mine

TimesNowNews.com, Other, 15/06/2022 Fish ears have a natural instrument’ that records minute changes in its habitat water over the aquatic […]

Good News on Blocking a Virus Considered a Global Threat

Newswise, Other, 13/06/2022 Scientists have reported good news on the pandemic preparedness front: A cocktail of four manufactured antibodies is […]

Acid-Spraying Yellow Crazy Ants Found in the Gold Coast For the First Time Could Spread Across Australia

Nature World News, Other, 07/06/2022, Louise Franco Yellow crazy ants are multiplying in great numbers and are marching throughout Australia, […]

Google AI to help rescue Great Barrier Reef

Kids News, Other, 30/05/2022, Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson Artificial intelligence* could help stop one of the biggest threats to the Great Barrier […]

Google bot spots spreading starfish 20 times better than humans

Brisbane Times, Other, 16/05/2022, Stuart Layt Australian scientists have partnered with global tech giant Google to develop machine learning that […]