Tag: australia

One of the cleverest things we've seen in a long time. One up for the environment.

A stunning new five dollar bill was released by the Australian government.

Policy and scientific fact don't match, and the researchers urge for change.

Tank'em, don't dump'em.

Stormy weather has an unusual upside if you happen to live on Australia's eastern coasts: giant waves of sea foam.

A study conducted by Australian researchers found that scientific journals discourage the study of ‘ugly’ rodents and bats.

The Australian government wants to eliminate hepatitis C within one generation - a 'miracle drug' with a price tag of ...

Scientists have discovered the longest chain of continental volcanoes in the world, stretching almost 2000 km (1200 miles) on Australia's ...

Some conservationists are considering introducing the Tasmanian devil, currently only found in Australia's island state of Tasmania, back to the ...

A chance discovery revealed an impressive cluster of extinct volcanoes 150 miles off the coast of Sydney, three miles below the ...

The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches 2,000km (1,200 miles) along the coast, is the world's largest living ecosystem. Environmental groups ...

Tasmania's Derwent River has put on a garb of surreal blue these past few nights as blooms of bioluminescent plankton ...

Endemic to Australia and New Zealand, the satin bowerbird is considered one of the most intelligent birds found in nature. ...

Amazingly, 19 percent of all Australian households have solar panels or solar water heaters installed, according to  the Australian Bureau ...

Australia's Abbott government has been accused of intentionally taking measures that might lead to an international greenhouse gas emission target ...

Apache claims to have found the biggest oil field in 30 years. Image credit: Apache. I was reading this morning ...

While they hunt kangaroos, aborigines in remote areas of Australia help boost marsupial populations by lighting bush fires. Image: acanberraboy.blogspot.com ...

A new study conducted by Dr Michael Kearney from the University of Melbourne explains that koalas actually hug trees to regulate ...

The past 12 months have been 0.22 degrees Celsius warmer than any other equivalent period prior to 2013, and Australia ...

Australia seems poised to become one of the global leaders in terms of renewable energy; after a study showed that ...

Artist impression of the SKA. A while ago I told you a bit about one of the most anticipated international ...

The Universe is in constant expansion, which is why it is commonly said to be infinite, so basically one can ...

Image by Lilolebob. Every year, around this time of year, more than 100 million determined crabs take to the streets ...

The threat that global warming is has definetly been underestimated, and if something doesn't develop quite fast that could handle ...