Cyclotides are a group of cysteine-rich peptides derived from plants. Their exceptional stability based on their head-to-tail cyclized backbone and cystine

This study used existing research and expert knowledge to assess the threats affecting 22 rare or endemic freshwater fish in Australia’s Wet Tropics. Extre

In this issue, we explore the breadth of plant science research and the connections between fundamental biology, applied research and real-world challenges. We highlight the growing role of meta-analy...

In intramolecular reactions of benzene derivatives with alkenes, meta or [2 + 3] photocycloadditions take place in competition with ortho or [2 + 2] additi

Shark products sold at Western Australian fish-and-chips shops are often labeled too ambiguously or, in some cases, mislabeled, leaving consumers unsure which species they are buying, new Murdoch Univ...

Biomass offers a sustainable alternative source of carbon to existing fossil resources that underpin the global chemical industry – on which we rely for fu

For two decades, the IMOS Animal Tagging Facility has equipped seals and sea turtles with ocean sensors to collect temperature, salinity and depth data fro

The threatened mountain skink (Liopholis montana) has been considered a species of high-elevation mountain habitats but recent records show that it also oc

This review outlines the progress towards achieving the six key recommendations from The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017. It highlights

Wildland firefighters face heat from the environment, the fire and their own bodies as they work long, exhausting hours. The head of Purdue’s fire lab explains the health risks and what can help.

Antioxidants, such as those in customarily used plants, are vital to health and nutrition, but testing them often requires expensive or hazardous chemicals

Australia is famous for its lizards and snakes. But we found at least 127 species are threatened – almost twice as many as previously thought.

This Cornforth Review presents a personal perspective of the Hutton group’s foray into the reactivity of peptide thioamides, highlighting our group’s explo

We assessed the predation potential of the Taiwan keelback snake (Rhabdophis formosanus) that sequesters toxins from native toads, on an invasive cane toad

The preparation of nano-ZnO/alginate films with strong antibacterial activity that can be used as a new type of wound healing agent in the future is report

Treatment of diseases using nucleic acid-based approaches is of increasing importance. However, these drugs need to be delivered in nanoparticles to ensure

Seven years of aerial shooting in northern Western Australia removed over 13,500 feral pigs but did not reduce population density. Catch-per-unit-effort in

We cannot fence the whole of Australia. Therefore, we need to know which species are most at risk from cats.

Prescribed burns may be lethal for lizards Prescribed burns, used to reduce fuel loads and hopefully bushfire severity, may be lethal for lizards, with Australian research recording 27 dea