Ghost rodents: Get ready to fall in love with Australia's albino rats and mice

Discoveries of albino animals have a unique ability to capture the public imagination, often leading to…

Researchers: A shortage of native seeds is slowing land restoration across the US

Spring is planting time for home gardeners, landscapers and public works agencies across the U.S. And…

Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball

Throw another mammoth on the barbie? An Australian company on Tuesday lifted the glass cloche on…

Simplified screening of individual bacterial species in biosamples

In medical research and diagnostics, the microbiome, i.e. the microbial colonization of the intestine, is increasingly…

Their stories were lost to slavery. Now DNA is writing them

In the 1700s, a boy was born into slavery in Colonial America. He spent his life…

An archaeological rediscovery offers clues about distant human past

In their recent publication in the Journal of Human Evolution, UConn Department of Anthropology Professor Christian…

Report: The impact of lockdown on domestic abuse service providers

The COVID-19 lockdowns, which began on March 23, 2020, brought overnight changes in working conditions for…

Study finds paying corporate accountants more removes incentives for financial misreporting

Bad bookkeeping’s been in the news a lot lately. Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX crypto empire came crashing…

Queensland women, children and families bear brunt of homelessness, say briefing papers

The number of Queensland women and children experiencing homelessness would now be much higher than the…

La Niña provides a boost for Australia's environment, but report card still mixed

Last year was a “bumper” one for Australia’s environment on the back of significant rainfall, but…