It’s not easy to tell when a dynamic system, filled with life, might reach a point of no return.
As Indonesia’s election looms, young people want action on climate change, but research shows the country’s political class isn’t listening.
From natural seawalls to mangroves, countries are starting to combat climate change with nature-based solutions. COP28 might drive more of these efforts.
These innocent insects have done little to deserve our scorn. In fact, they have surprisingly complex minds, and can play important ecological roles.
Hotter, drier conditions associated with El Niño can be detrimental to our health. These tips may help.
Only a few Indigenous languages remain strong in modern Australia. On a new episode of Monash University's "What Happens Next?" podcast, linguists and human rights advocates outline what we've lost.
A long-term global assessment of reptiles has revealed 21% are threatened, but an upside is that others have benefited from the conservation efforts put into other animals such as birds and mammals.
Malaysia’s shrimp industry is big business, but unapproved antibiotic use has led to export bans and negative perceptions of the country's aquaculture industry. Can bioprospecting turn things around?
There are things we need to unlearn, learn and relearn about conditions for living together on this planet in just, equitable and sustainable ways.
Canine teeth have evolved in special ways to help each mammal species kill and eat their favourite prey – helping to make them some of nature’s most successful predators.
Giant bird-eating centipedes from Phillip Island, part of the South Pacific’s Norfolk Island group, can kill and eat up to 3700 seabird chicks each year.
Residents of flood-prone areas have been counting on local knowledge and community support to deal with floods for centuries. Can scientists work with them to mitigate the problem?
Despite Western perceptions of these flying mammals, in the East they’re associated with folklore and customs that are largely positive in nature.
The Tasmanian tiger's superficial appearance was so similar to a wolf's that European colonists assumed it was a threat, and hunted it to extinction.
From Monash to the Subantarctic and the Pilbara, Tim Ealey was a trailblazing academic and adventurer.
John Bradley was just a teenager when his eyes and ears were opened to kincentric ecology and Indigenous knowledge.
During the COVID-19 crisis, we need the arts more than ever to feel connected, but it's also exposed the fragility of the sector.
In a warming world, many cold-blooded species face a new challenge: developing successfully despite rising temperatures.
With Australia in the grip of devastating bushfires, Indigenous people must be involved in prevention strategies.
Some of the claims regarding the blazes need to be put into context. It’s not the number of fires, but rather the cumulative destruction that rightly has the world worried.
It's time to recognise linguistic and cultural diversity as a creative engine of social participation and wellbeing.
New research shows that medicines have found their way into Melbourne streams – and the creatures that live in them.
Humans may be the greatest threat to big-cat species around the world, but Dr Luke Hunter has made it his life’s mission to change that.
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