Over 20 new species have been found in a biodiversity discovery survey, including the Western Australian lantern shark. Learn ...

A semi-transparent crab about the size of an almond and a tiny, glowing lantern shark are among two new species discovered by ...

The government may close one-of-a-kind instruments at the synchrotron in Melbourne and Lucas Heights reactor in Sydney.

Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have analyzed signals generated by the vibrations of traffic along ...

Newborn babies should be given a genomic sequencing check to assess their vulnerability for hundreds of diseases, according ...

At a depth of about 610 meters, White and his team found the West Australian Lanternshark ( Etmopterus westraliensis ), a ...

A new analysis finds tropical forests in Australia are not taking in enough carbon dioxide to keep up with the emissions from ...

Scientists have discovered two new spooky sea creatures living hundreds of metres under the ocean. Find out more here.

Scientists at CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have identified simpler and less invasive methods to improve ...

A new look at cuts on a giant kangaroo bone reveal First Peoples as fossil collectors, not hunters who helped drive species extinct, some scientists argue.

“We have a reasonable estimate that the eastern Australian humpback population was at least 30,000 whales prior to the last ...

New research led by UNSW Sydney paleontologists challenges the idea that Indigenous Australians hunted Australia's megafauna to extinction, suggesting instead they were fossil collectors.