What’s it like to study marine science in Australia? Marissa Hutchings explains what it was like getting her hands wet on Orpheus Island, South Australia and the Galapagos Islands.
Discovered more than 5000 years ago, glass is 100 per cent recyclable, and being a sustainable product, it retains its quality and has a number of multi-purpose uses.
What if you could know exactly which animals have passed through a particular area, based solely on the minute traces of DNA they shed? A revolution in biology has arrived.
The Great Barrier Reef needs to adapt to climate change. Eoghan Aston recreates corals in 3D to find out which stress-resilient corals are best suited as refuges for smaller reef fish.
Australian scientists are racing to breed better, stronger ‘super prawns’ to help meet the increasing demand of a global population that’s in serious need of a sustainable protein source.
Notorious for spreading through oceans and lakes in toxic blooms that can affect humans, livestock, and fish alike, algae can be very bad news. But they also have a good side.
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