Biologists have found evidence suggesting that the western long-beaked echidna, Zaglossus bruijnii, thought to have gone extinct in Australia thousands...
A new study led by Monash University’s Dr Kaspar Delhey has provided new insights into why some birds of the Maluridae family are radiantly blue.
Birds...
Australian National University biologists have found a new species of skink hidden among the sand dunes of Western Australia’s coastline.
The Coastal...
A new species of egg-eating sea snake has been recently discovered in a formalin-filled jar in the Copenhagen Natural History Museum, Denmark.
This is...
Australian researchers claim they have developed milk that protects human cells from the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
Dr Marit Kramski of the University...
A team of Australian scientists has proposed a new mathematical theory to explain the mysterious phenomenon known as ball lightning.
Sightings of ball...
Biologist Dr Robert Mesibov of the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in Launceston, Tasmania, has discovered six new species of colorful, curiously...
A team of theoretical physicists at the University of Melbourne and RMIT University has proposed that the start of the Universe should be modeled not as...
Macrozamia, a genus of cycad found only in Australia, is now believed to have arrived inland far more recently than initially thought.
The MacDonnell Ranges...
The lyrebird is the reigning king of karaoke in the bird world, Australian researchers have discovered.
The Superb Lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae, in...
Australian researchers have found that two common mango varieties contain natural compounds that may help fight obesity.
Green mango
A team from the University...
Scientists at Monash University in Australia have found how the zebrafish heals its spinal cord after injury.
A zebrafish, Danio rerio, in an aquarium...
Australian scientists have found that daily consumption of dark chocolate can reduce cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks and strokes, in people...
University of Sydney researchers have found that platypus colonies that live on Australia’s small islands are at high risk of disease epidemics that...
A team of paleontologists and volunteers has discovered remains of at least seven different killer dinosaurs that once lived in what is now south-eastern...
Australian researchers have found that bird species with multiple plumage color forms within in the same population evolve into new species faster than...
Fossilized remains of a ceratosaurian dinosaur discovered in Australia in 2006 is the first evidence that a major group of meat-eating dinosaurs roamed...
