Australian “sleepy” lizards are not so sleepy when it comes to fire

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recognised Charles Darwin University-led research into the Earth’s oldest animals with the adoption of the ‘Longevity Conservation’ global...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recognised Charles Darwin University-led research into the Earth’s oldest animals with the adoption of the ‘Longevity Conservation’ global...

Fire has shaped the evolution of both plants and animals. Animals exposed to fire throughout their evolutionary history are predicted to exhibit behavioural adaptations that enhance survival during fire. Here, we investigated whether Australian sleepy ...

Conclusions about the adaptive significance of phenotypic traits typically rely on correlations between the trait and fitness, but pleiotropic effects of a single trait on fitness and covariation amon...

Climate warming can induce a cost-of-living “squeeze” in ectotherms by increasing energetic expenditures while reducing foraging gains. We used biophysical models (validated by 2685 field observations...

It can be challenging to reliably detect rare or cryptic species. Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an emerging tool for detecting species and is increasingly being used to detect reptiles in terrestrial en...

Karen Lips is researcher and lives for several years in a tiny little shack in Costa Rica to observe frogs. When she leaves the cloud forest for a short time and…

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

These researchers gave everything to their search – and found not one, but 23 critically-endangered long sunskinks.

Evidence suggests climate change could make snakes come out of hiding earlier. But it’s also likely to cause population declines or shifts in the long run, as snakes adjust to the new conditions.

Hot, dry conditions bring numerous species into contact with people and pets, and not just in the bush. It’s good to know which is which

Hunting bigger, more experienced animals eradicates memories and knowledge crucial to group survival, research suggests

Hunting bigger, more experienced animals eradicates memories and knowledge crucial to group survival, research suggests

A standardized checklist of all known vascular plants shows the distribution of island native and endemic species, identifies their conservation status and highlights the need for actions to conserve ...

Elsevier retracts dozens of journal articles that were published based on “fictitious” reviews

Warmer weather brings multitudes of largest and noisiest varieties to east coast, with some as loud as 120 decibels

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A region’s climate is defined over periods of 30 years. In a world affected by global warming, we need new tools to improve these definitions.

Researchers have discovered that cane toad tadpoles are cannibalistic and can help stop the spread of their fellow toads.

Earth’s old animals are in decline. Despite this, emerging research is revealing the vital contributions of older individuals to cultural transmission, population dynamics, and ecosystem processes and...

Co-evolutionary relationships associated with biogeographical context mediate the response of native prey to introduced predators, but this effect has not yet been demonstrated for domestic cats. We ...

Marine researcher says widespread event is 'absolutely heartbreaking' and that Australia is 'running out of time' to save the reef

Earth’s old animals are in decline. Despite this, emerging research is revealing the vital contributions of older individuals to cultural transmission, population dynamics, and ecosystem processes and...

Like big, tall trees in old-growth forests, older animals are irreplaceable. Pulling them out leaves the ecosystem less resilient to future shocks. It’s time for ‘longevity conservation’ measures.

Earth’s old animals are in decline. Despite this, emerging research is revealing the vital contributions of older individuals to cultural transmission, population dynamics, and ecosystem processes and...

Union says average vice-chancellor gets paid almost double the prime minister, with salaries seemingly ‘plucked from thin air’

Despite the unprecedented 2019–20 Australian wildfires, our landscape-scale analysis found most native terrestrial fauna exhibited widespread resilience. Using 192 wildlife cameras across 24 landscap...

Data collected from more than 2,000 taxa provide an unparalleled opportunity to quantify how extreme wildfires affect biodiversity, revealing that the largest effects on plants and animals were in are...

Frequent fuel-reduction burning appears to prime ecosystems for major disruption when the next wildfire hits.

The largest survey of Australia's freshwater fish suggests about one third should be listed as threatened species.