Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre started filling in early May 2025 following record-breaking floods, making it the fourth time in 160 ...

Humans are inescapably moral animals. Yet it is rare for most of us to reflect on how well our moral compasses are working.

Rachel Ruysch, "Posy of Flowers with a Beetle, on a Stone Ledge." The painting is part of the exhibit Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art at the Toledo ...

Every week, one or two species of Australian invertebrate go extinct. Many species on the brink live in cities – where we can help.

In Brisbane, Australia in 2001 ... Red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, feed on a drop of honey at the Dallas Zoo. This species is amongst the most widespread and ecologically devastating.

They’re a fascinating and complex species, known to live for around a year in the wild, which is impressive for an insect, and speaks to their ability to protect each other from predation and nest ...

And despite a mostly undeserved reputation for being a stinging pest, Australian ants do an extraordinary amount of environmental heavy lifting. While several high-profile invasive ant species ...

An invasive ant species is making headlines with reports of the ants in 20 states. The insect in question is the Asian needle ant (Brachyponera chinensis). The species is native to China, Japan and ...

More and more Australian species are being listed as critically endangered – the final stage before extinction in the wild. Hundreds of species of plants and animals are now at this point.

And not just in one species, but in at least one species in each of five major ant subfamilies. Such a wide-reaching discovery suggests the milky excretions may be common in many more ant ...

Invasive Species Council advocacy director Reece Pianta said the finds were alarming. “The frequency of new Sunshine Coast detections raises the spectre that fire ants have escaped the northern ...

An artist living in war-torn Ukraine has helped bring to life a new Australian children's book about sugar cane farming in north Queensland. Stay-at-home mum Nikki Townley has written about how ...