
‘Tasmanian tiger’ footage not of a thylacine but a pademelon, experts say
“We found a thylacine.” They’re the words so many of us would love to be true. And when we heard them (again)...

Coral bleaching casts a dark cloud over Reef’s annual sex-a-thon
The world’s biggest sex event — the mass coral spawning on the Great Barrier Reef — is underway. Three nights after the...

Driver taxes will put Australia even further behind in electric vehicle market, research finds
Electric vehicle taxes, slated by the Victorian and South Australian state governments for 2021, will dramatically limit the uptake of electric vehicles...

Want to be self-sufficient with food? Here are five tips to get you started
So the zombie apocalypse has struck without warning. There’s no food in your fridge, your cupboards are bare, and you’re not the...

Project Drawdown report says we’ve already got the tech to reach negative emissions by 2040s
We already have the technology to reach negative emissions by the 2040s, a new report from climate research group Project Drawdown has...

How to read a wave and learn to bodysurf this summer
If you’re anywhere near the coastline in Australia this summer, chances are at some stage you’ll end up in the ocean. But...

This is how most bushfires in Australia start, and how we know
As fires continue to burn in different parts of Australia, investigators work to provide answers on the exact causes of devastating blazes....

Silver-backed chevrotain, or mouse-deer, thought extinct, caught on camera in Vietnam
With so many stories of animals going extinct these days it’s rare to get some good news. But researchers working in lowland...

The bold and controversial plan to save the mountain pygmy possum from extinction
In just three isolated spots above the snowline of the highlands of Victoria and New South Wales, a tiny possum ekes out...

Climate change survey shows Australians want action on emissions, but are divided on nuclear
The majority of Australians blame increasing energy costs on “excessive profit margins” of energy companies, and 64 per cent think we should...