Magnitude-7.1 earthquake hits Tonga, tsunami threat cancelled
The US Tsunami Warning Centre earlier warned waves were possible within 300 kilometres of the epicentre, which struck ...
Fonterra’s Mainland IPO milks investor thirst for new ideas
The guts of the business is to take milk from Australia and New Zealand farms, turn it into cheese and butter, and sell it ...
Native mistletoe blossoms as positive parasite across mainland Australia
Australian mistletoe has gone from being viewed as a parasite harming native trees to being a Robin Hood figure in the ...
We combed through old botanical surveys to track how plants on Australia’s islands are changing
Stories of how the data was collected were fascinating. Some people camped on islands for weeks. Some scaled cliffs or jumped ...
Egg-laying mammal — feared locally extinct after wildfire — rediscovered in Australia
Echidnas are egg-laying, insect-eating mammals native to Australia, according to the Australian Museum. The country has only one species, the short-beaked echidna, which can be found throughout the ...