Science

Blast waves, acoustic trauma and sonic booms pose serious, underexamined risks to the threatened species living near proposed launch sites like South Australia's Whalers Way

The H5 bird flu virus has been detected in Australia for the first time, raising fears for wildlife, livestock and the nation's biosecurity. Here's what the experts say, and what you can do to help

Bees are critical to our biodiversity, but they’re in trouble. Our new Map of the Month tells us where some of our most charismatic native bees live in the City of Melbourne and the plants that support them

When an industry publishes its own welfare data, how can anyone check it? We built AI agents to go through the public records on fatalities in greyhound racing and found a rising death rate

The cataclysmic explosions of dying stars can help us unlock grand mysteries of the universe. So we’re priming our detection tools to make the most of the next one we get

The most extensive analysis of satellite records shows Antarctica’s marginal ice zone – the area of sea ice most affected by waves – is larger and more dynamic than previously thought

The odds of a ‘monster El Niño’ developing this year are now as high as 80 per cent. But that is a risk factor not a definite forecast – a big El Niño does not necessarily mean a big dry for Australia

Tiny hair-like appendages on corals generate swirling microscopic currents – an ingenious way to exchange oxygen and nutrients with their surroundings

As part of the Venice Biennale festival, the Adriatic Marbled Bush-Cricket has been reintroduced to lagoons via floating habitats, creating both an art installation and an ecological experiment