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A project that uses citizen science to track pelican movements has been expanded across inland New South Wales, as the water bird thrives following consecutive wet years.

A toddler in Australia's Northern Territory has become the third person this year in the country to die from the mosquito-borne virus Murray Valley encephalitis with health authorities issuing a warning

Last summer, we travelled to the remote Arctic Hausgarten observatory area in the eastern Fram Strait (west of Svalbard, Norway) on a research ship. The samples we collected there included ice cores, sea water and ice algae from large packs of floating ice called ice floes. These form 1–2 metre…

In an effort to encourage wildlife, Nottingham City Council says it is avoiding mowing some grass verges. You can tell which ones should be left alone by the Bee Friendly signs, such as the one pictured above. It's easy to spot, because the grass a

A recent study, published in Science, found that instead of being connected by synapses, nerve-net neurons in comb jellies are continuously connected by a single plasma membrane - an unexpected and sensational finding.

A collection preserving physical specimens from Tasmania's tallest forest grove of flowering plants will help ensure opportunity for future research of the ancient giants.

Campaign aims to teach people how to recognise the tree and signs of the pest and disease that threaten it

White's seahorse used to be a common sight in the waters off Sydney and Newcastle, but numbers have declined dramatically over the past 20 years. Scientists hope that might be starting to change.

Sydney (AFP) - Australia's kangaroos could die in "catastrophic" numbers if a population boom is left unchecked, ecologists have warned, while backing the industrial-scale culling of the marsupials.