Researchers have discovered that the strange looking mantis shrimp has unique polarised vision that allows it to see a world invisible to all other animals.

Desire to conform can be so strong in lone fish that they will follow another fish into danger, though in crowds they stay with more popular trends, research has found.

Scientists have developed a safer method of manually collecting ostrich sperm using a dummy, rather than human, sexual partner for the powerful males.

Understanding how the lung develops in newborn marsupials is part of award-winning research by a PhD student in Zoology.

While humans may diet to look more attractive, fish diet to avoid being beaten up and rejected from their social group, new research has found.

The dangerous venom found in male platypus spurs could potentially be valuable in pain relief and antibiotic medication, according to research.

New research suggests that exposing native animals to smaller cane toads could teach them to stay away from the pests, before more dangerous invaders arrive.

Researchers have revealed how proteins are able to puncture a cell's power supply, the mitochnodria, triggering cell death that can prevent tumour growth.

Every minute of every day, plants around the globe convert 50,000 tonnes of sugar they’ve produced by photosynthesis into high-energy molecules to drive their growth. Marcia Van Zeller investigates the power of plants.

Many in society do not value the disabled and equally do not value the disability support workers who help them achieve, write Peter Gibilisco and Debbie Mackenzie.

An international team of scientists have sequenced the platypus genome, which could aid conservation efforts and explain mysteries of human evolution.

Increasing temperatures and carbon dioxide levels are altering the nutrients in eucalypt leaves and posing a threat to koalas, according to new research.

A parasite that cane toads brought with them from the Amazon has been found to kill almost a third of the pests' babies, but leave Australian species unharmed.

When partial compliance is as bad as none: the Paradise Dam in Queensland has a fishway for the Australian Lungfish that is all but useless, writes Roger Currie.

Strong winds caused by cyclones can disperse weed seeds more than 40 times further than normal weather conditions, found the results of a new study.