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Follow in the footsteps of megafauna
3 minutes
The Spear Project aims to add to our understanding of Bronze Age life
5 minutes
Asthma warning over potential killer dust storm
1 minute
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Bacteria becoming tolerant to hand wash
2 minutes
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Super rare blue diamonds are a geologist’s best friend
3 minutes
Bushland and farmland not always good neighbours
3 minutes
HK’s microbes like to mingle, at least on the subway
2 minutes
Heatwave deaths likely to rise steadily
2 minutes
Island life makes birds smarter
2 minutes
Old bones shed light on evolution of the human skeleton
1 minute
Global marine wilderness areas are shrinking
2 minutes
Tropics need care and attention
3 minutes
Experts issue warning about pet genetic testing
3 minutes
Reef bleaching changed marine communities
2 minutes
The amazing dragon of Lingwu
1 minute
Ebola may have helped bats resist infection
3 minutes
Baby snake in amber a golden find
3 minutes
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Rising global meat consumption could spell trouble
6 minutes
Great Barrier Reef not recovering like it used to
2 minutes
Kelp’s record journey has an environmental downside
3 minutes
Thawing permafrost offers climate clues
1 minute
Don’t challenge these guys to a chilli eating competition
2 minutes
Cosmic neutrinos traced to their source for the first time
3 minutes
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Murray microbes test river health
2 minutes
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Discovery of SA’s oldest shipwreck
4 minutes
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Out of Africa, but not as one
2 minutes
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Two-thirds of Gippsland koalas have chlamydia
1 minute
Watch as a six-kilometre iceberg breaks away from glacier
2 minutes
Zebrafish show how the brain reacts to predators
2 minutes
Jumping genes found in animals and plants
3 minutes
Spiders fly using electricity, not wind
2 minutes
Puppies show their learning capacity
3 minutes
This foot was made for walking – and climbing
2 minutes
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Bird bacteria linked to horse and human health
1 minute
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Dingo Fence more than just a barrier
2 minutes
Genetic code helps explain the ways of koalas
3 minutes
When is a croc not a croc? When it’s a thoracosaur
3 minutes
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HIV treatment shortcomings identified in Ethiopia
3 minutes
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Virus combo gets the jump on pesky feral rabbits
4 minutes
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Atomic details of Zika virus laid bare
1 minute
Bees prefer inner-city living
3 minutes
Past tells us about our warmer future
2 minutes
Antarctica bedrock rising rapidly as ice melts
3 minutes
Feral cats kill over a million reptiles a day in Australia
3 minutes
Koko, the gorilla who knew sign language, dies aged 46
1 minute
New gibbon species discovered in ancient Chinese tomb
2 minutes
Eastern Quolls have a tough time on first release back on mainland
2 minutes
Why are bluetongue lizard tongues blue?
3 minutes
Without China importing plastic waste, we’re kinda stuffed
5 minutes
The nose knows: kangaroo face shape dictated by diet
2 minutes
Toothpaste and hand wash boost antibiotic resistance
1 minute
Scaling 70 million years of reptile history
3 minutes
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Capturing the underwater magic of camera-shy fish
3 minutes
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Bizarre “platypus-fish” inhabited Australia’s original reef
4 minutes
Longevity is in the genes (for trees)
1 minute
Native fish tell story of Australia's less arid past
3 minutes
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Platypus hormone has potential to treat diabetes
2 minutes
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Eavesdropping on the mysterious narwhal
2 minutes
Waves hasten Antarctic ice shelves collapse
2 minutes
Pygmy perch swam across the desert
1 minute
Coral reefs save coasts and costs
3 minutes
Queen bumblebees affected by insecticides and diet
1 minute
Tracking the false killer whale is not fake news
6 minutes
5 revolutionary ideas that could shape the world in 2050
7 minutes
Warming climate ups risk of global maize shortage
2 minutes
Male dolphins know their mates’ names
2 minutes
Zero sums: bees recognise nothing
3 minutes
Tropical cyclones more sluggish – and dangerous
1 minute
Ancient jaws tell a food story
1 minute
Q&A with panda expert Dr Jake Owens
15 minutes
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Review: The Kingdom - How Fungi Made Our World
2 minutes
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How did agriculture really get started?
2 minutes
The amazing world revealed through whale snot
4 minutes
The fungus that could avert global warming crisis
6 minutes
US gives the nod to Golden Rice
1 minute
240-million-year-old lizard fossil discovery adds to reptile family tree
3 minutes
Life bounced back quickly after that asteroid
2 minutes
Ancient fish fossil fills gaps in the evolutionary tree
1 minute
The Great Barrier Reef has shifted position five times due to sea level changes
4 minutes
Bumblebees' confusion over iridescence hints at camouflage strategies
4 minutes
Marine microalgae ‘rafting’ into new territory
2 minutes
The dinosaur-killing asteroid warmed the planet for 100,000 years
5 minutes
Humans are just 0.01% of life, but we’ve wiped out most wild mammals and plants
4 minutes
Quest to find more forgotten cities
3 minutes
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Water management in Australia needs Indigenous voices
6 minutes
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Eruptions and lava flows on Kilauea
6 minutes
Dinosaur-killing asteroid shaped modern bird population
2 minutes
Magpies disregard aircraft danger on runways
4 minutes
Rising carbon dioxide will leach nutrients from rice
2 minutes
When you need things to really stick, do like spiders do
2 minutes
Hunting for ghost mushrooms
8 minutes
Biodegradable plastic bags are not safe for the environment
3 minutes
How birds got their beaks
2 minutes
Scientists find a new way to group atoms
2 minutes
Study could lead to evolution re-think
2 minutes
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Intermittent rivers boost global carbon emissions
2 minutes
Itchy science: mosquito saliva triggers your immune system
3 minutes
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Hippos leave fish in deep do-do
3 minutes
Genes tell of our distant insect-eating past
3 minutes
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Meet the marsupials that mate themselves to death before they disappear
3 minutes
Dodo descendant found in ‘Zealandia’
6 minutes
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Extraordinary levels of hidden biodiversity discovered in Fiji
5 minutes
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Baleen whales didn’t always have baleen
2 minutes
Genomes provide more clues to human migration
2 minutes
Ants use collective problem-solving to find their way home
5 minutes
The climate change we’re probably not noticing
3 minutes
Bronze Age humans were infected with hepatitis B
1 minute
Scientists measure the weak charge of the proton
2 minutes
The spider army is coming - scientists train spider to jump on command
3 minutes
Throwing a lifeline to native fish stocks
3 minutes
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High time for ‘smart’ offshore energy plan
4 minutes
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