Friday essay: I was enthralled by Crime and Punishment at 14. Rereading it after 60 years, I’m still awed
Sonya makes the only reply possible: “But that louse was a human being!” It was nearly…

Sonya makes the only reply possible: “But that louse was a human being!” It was nearly…

Dingoes are no ordinary dogs. They trace their roots back to an ancient Asian lineage and…

At its height, the Roman empire covered some 5 million square kilometres and was home to…

Differences between men and women in intelligence and behaviour have been proposed and disputed for decades….

For millennia, some of the world’s largest filter-feeding whales, including humpbacks, fin whales, and blue whales,…

For many years the Christmas Island shrew prospered. When European naturalists first visited Christmas Island in…

Recently, we’ve seen a growing number of social media users, particularly young users, posting their own…

Language enables us to connect with each other and coordinate to achieve incredible feats. Our ability…

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What do Tiger Woods, Ben Stiller, Australian pensioners and dating app users have in common? Despite…

The animal world is incredibly colourful, and behind this colour palette is a constant game of…

Species across the planet are on the move. Climate change has already caused more than 12,000…

Last month, courts on both sides of the Atlantic delivered a clear verdict: when classifying titanium…

Since then, scientists have grown organoids from a wide range of human organs by taking stem…

You are probably familiar with kangaroos. Wallabies too, and most likely quokkas as well. Less famous…

Sometime in the 2040s, humans may well reach a new frontier – Mars. To get there,…

Islands are natural laboratories where evolution can run rampant as plants and animals adapt to new…

As the annual humpback whale migration is underway with thousands of whales passing by the Australian…

In a world affected by climate change, the Southern Ocean plays an outsized role. It absorbs…

So, if beef from the US is mainly grain-fed, does this make it less healthy? Other…

You may have read that the deep sea is a very different environment from the land…

Birds are perhaps the most colourful group of animals, bringing a splash of colour to the…

Monitor lizards, also known in Australia as goannas, are some of the most iconic reptiles on…

It’s the translation of the word “elves” that is central to their new analysis. Based on…