Scientists working on a computer model of the jaws of the great white shark have found that it has the hardest bite of any living creature.

Researchers have suggested that wine is produced as a result of yeast altering their environment to ensure they will outlive other microbes.

Researchers have developed a new model to explain the evolution among different snake species of earlier teeth into specialised fangs for delivering venom.

Hotspots of marine biodiversity could have been triggered by the collision of tectonic plates as much as climate, new research has found.

Research has found that coral reefs may not be able to recover from bleaching by taking up new species of micro-algae, as previously suggested.

An Australian researcher has found a group of microbes that can break down some of the worst cancer-causing substances released by pollution.

A biochemist has demonstrated that a protein from ornamental tobacco is able to break through cell walls and kill a fungal cell that causes major disease and crop losses in plants worldwide.

Research has found that the three forms of crimson rosellas in Australia may not have formed by spreading and developing in a 'ring' pattern, as previously thought.

Professor Rick Shine writes on new developments in the fight against cane toads.

Sharks are repelled by magnets thanks to sensory organs for magnetic fields, offering a means of keeping them away from fishing nets, according to research.

Scientists are injecting native trees in WA’s South-West with a potent mixture of nutrients and fungicide in a race to save dwindling populations from extinction.

Some sheep are consistently more fussy about what they eat than others, and the trait runs in families, according to research from New Zealand.

Agricultural environments drive insects to reproduce without sex but may provide methods for controlling their damaging effects, according to research.

Research has found that the North Star, Polaris, has been unpredictably changing its vibrations over the last five years, though it was thought to be becoming more stable.

A vaccine has been developed to protect koalas from chlamydia, a disease devastating the wild koala population, and has been preliminarily successful.