Australian paleontologists have discovered a new species of koala that lived in rainforests of northern Australia some 20 million years ago.
Skull of the...
Biologists at Murdoch University have described a new species of freshwater fish from Western Australia.
The Little Pygmy Perch, Nannoperca pygmaea, is...
A new study published in the Journal of Dental Research provides the strongest evidence yet that fluoridated drinking water prevents tooth decay for all...
Paleontologists from the Australian National University have described a new species of ancient fish, after unearthing the largest fossilized lobe-finned...
A new study published in the Journal of the International Society for Microbial Ecology sheds more light on unusual ‘curtains’ of biological material...
Shark biologists have announced the discovery of two sharks never seen before in Australian waters.
Mandarin dogfish, Cirrhigaleus barbifer (OpenCage.info...
Humans alone were responsible for the demise of the thylacine, an extinct predator also known as the Tasmanian tiger, according to a new study led by University...
German geneticists have found evidence of substantial gene flow between Indian populations and Australia about 4,230 years ago.
4,000 years ago, Australia...
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...
