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.

A radiocarbon dating study on ancient charcoal has found that Aboriginal people lived in Western Australia up to 35,000 years ago.

Each year in Alaska fur bearing animals are killed in a 'glorious hunt' by people like the Mighty Trapper, writes Walt Brasch.

The current food crises cannot be solved until we accept that the Earth is well past its carrying capacity, argues Peter Salonius.

Farming algae could provide a solution to the recent food riots and biofuel debates, says Damir Ibrisimovic.

We have fallen into the trap of believing that economic growth forever is possible and necessary, according to David Suzuki.

Researchers have discovered a new class of fatty acids that could be used to detect changes in temperature and mechanical stress loads in plants.

Farmers do more than grow food - with the current state of agriculture and population growth they could save the world, says Julian Cribb.