Rules that have effectively banned all sexually active gay and bisexual men from donating blood and plasma will be lifted, in a world-first move that would expand Australia’s donor pool and redress a ...

A new generation of scientists are refusing to give up on the Great Barrier Reef.

The river currents at Coraki are strong enough to carry boat-sized gnarls of ripped-out tree roots. Navigating them is all in a day’s work for flood rescuers.

Alfred is punishing those in its path with a drawn-out crawl, gorging on abnormally hot water off the coast.

Lismore residents are facing Tropical Cyclone Alfred with the traumas of the 2022 floods fresh in mind.

The incredible botanical coincidence comes just two and a half weeks after the flower named Putricia became a global sensation.

The swelling started with almost no warning, then seven-year-old Fiona Wardman’s hand ballooned like a rubber glove hooked to a tap.

I ran to the Royal Botanic Garden late last night – and accidentally became involved with the stinky, intimate art of Putricia’s pollination.

Why would evolution produce an organism that must spend 150 minutes a week doing things like running on a treadmill to maintain health?

Baboons eat the perfect diet in the wild. There’s one specific “appetite” that could help humans eat well too.

Wednesday’s destructive storm was lit up by flashes of lightning, with more than 70,000 strikes recorded within 100 kilometres of the CBD.

A research project on a cannabis cancer cure is under investigation amid allegations over ethical approvals.

The world’s most dangerous spider just got deadlier. And they’re on the move, with a baby already bitten this season.

Scientists from LA confirmed this see-sawing weather pattern is what set their city ablaze. And the same phenomenon threatens Australia.

Hundreds of thousands of visitors have walked past the chunk of ancient space rock that has been on display at the Melbourne Museum for years. Then several small patches of green caught a scientist’s ...

Desperate for a cool change? New analysis shows Sydneysiders should change their expectations of the city’s defining weather event.

Floods and heatwaves are fanning a spike in mosquito-borne disease with one aggressive species threatening to invade Australia.

Why do mosquitoes terrorise some people and spare others? As mosquito season begins, it could be down to your outfit.