Genetic, archaeological and environmental evidence suggest the Indigenous population fell by more than 90% in the 70 years after the British invaded.

The number of dugongs in the Gulf of Carpentaria, one of the animal's most globally important populations, has halved in the past two decades, a decline scientists have called a "real shock".

Exclusive: Guardian analysis reveals that dozens of policy submissions from across the political spectrum incorrectly summarise real research and invent or wrongly cite sources

The death Friday of Jason Arday, a 41-year-old Black scholar who resigned from the University of Cambridge after waves of attacks over the last few weeks, hits close to home. His death left me so deva...

A team of scientists uploaded videos of the squirrel-like rodents in the wild on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.

Whole-genome sequencing analysis of tumour and matched non-tumour host tissues of the brown bullhead catfish reveals a type of naturally occurring transmissible cancer.

Distributional regression models entire conditional response distributions. In this Primer, Merder et al. discuss how distributional regression is used to predict uncertainty and extreme conditions in...

Use spatial buffering to create new spatial objects.

Arrival of H5N1 virus on Australian mainland triggers ambitious vaccination program

Fire survivors say “it’s morally reprehensible,” and experts worry the wagering could lead to arson.

Bürkner et al., (2026). posterior: Tools for Working with Posterior Distributions in R. Journal of Open Source Software, 11(122), 10526, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.10526

Abstract. Ecology is a discipline that has faced increasing challenges as the disconnect between its scientific and statistical methods has become more obv

Bayesian (multispecies) occupancy models for ARU data using Stan.

Provides spatial datasets ready to use for ecological modelling and raster companion data for prediction: Neanderthal presence during the Last Interglacial (Benito et al. 2017 <doi:10.1111/jbi.12845>)...

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Bayesian (multispecies) occupancy models for ARU data using Stan.

Colossal Biosciences’ CEO says its work follows a ‘moral obligation’ while critics say it’s ‘tech bro’ hype that could undermine conservation

Here I argue that we do not discuss experimental design, often until it is too late. This editorial seeks to begin a conversation about how and where to replicate appropriately.

Aim Holistic measurement of the response of fauna communities to interventions requires suitable community condition metrics. However, the development of such metrics is hindered by the absence of b...