Science

New research tracing 1000 years of fire history shows how Australia's forests grew more fire-prone after colonisation, creating landscapes that drive the country's worsening bushfire crisis

Urban sprawl and climate change mean ‘snake season’ isn't as simple as a date on the calendar. Our new Map of the Month tells you what you need to know to shed your snake bias

Our research transformed road verges in Melbourne from mown grass into native habitat and seven times more insect pollinators came to visit. It’s time to put the nature back into nature strips.

While artificial intelligence can help archaeologists, it can also spread pseudoscientific claims and false histories, stripping Indigenous Knowledge of context, consent and community control

Running side by side down Australia's east coast, these two chains of volcanoes should have collided millions of years ago. New research reveals what's kept them apart

We've never known exactly which grass pollens trigger hay fever or thunderstorm asthma in Melbourne's spring. Now DNA is revealing which grasses are to blame

Using two climate scenarios, new economic modelling shows the costs of rising seas and storm surges – and the need to rethink where we build and how to protect coastlines

The she-oaks no longer whisper across much of Australia. A 2000-year record from GunaiKurnai Country holds the answer to who shaped these native woodlands and what restoration is missing

New technology is integrating sustainability into production and helping Australia’s agricultural industry demonstrate its green credentials