Monotremes are among the world’s strangest animals, mixing mammalian and reptilian characteristics in the one creature. When British scientists in the 18th Century first saw a platypus they dismissed ...

The Alice Springs crime wave gained widespread coverage in the past week. This crime wave and particularly the data on domestic violence assaults draws attention to a contentious issue that goes ...

Two people walk towards each other, both try and get out of the way - before you know it, they’re doing the ‘sidewalk salsa’ Seventy per cent of us experience a spike in stress over the festive season ...

You don’t necessarily need a working knowledge of evolutionary theory to know that in the animal kingdom, larger beasts tend to live longer than smaller ones. An elephant lives longer than a mouse; a ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has swiftly upended lives, jobs and economies – but we’re yet to see the full impact on housing. In a time of enormous uncertainty, understanding what’s happening in the housing ...

Australians like their pets, and for most of us by far, the dog remains our best friend. For the first time, the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey that covers 17,000 ...

Star of Schitt’s Creek Annie Murphy won an Emmy this year for her portrayal of beloved socialite Alexis Rose. Picture: POP TV If this doesn’t ring a bell, here is a short clip of Kim Kardashian’s ...

Bringing extinct animals back from the dead is no longer the realm of science fiction but is fast becoming a scientific reality. Around the world, research is ongoing to bring back key species using ...

For many people, having their tonsils removed is a childhood rite of passage. The promise of ice cream and hours of television do make the recovery a much more bearable prospect, even a source of ...

Unlike New Zealanders, whose education is rich in Maori language, history and customs, most Australians have only a sketchy understanding of the traditions of their country’s first peoples.

New research is using genomes from living thylacine relatives to build a new, chromosome-scale genome for the de-extinction of the Tasmanian tiger New insights into the development of the dunnart – or ...

Education does not just impart information; it shapes who we are and who we might be. Since 2010, the Australian Curriculum has included an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures ...