Science

Citizen slug sleuths are helping scientists keep track of unique creatures that have made a remarkable comeback at Mount Kaputar in New South Wales. 

An international team of researchers has found hundreds of new genetic variants linked to depression, which has the potential to lay the groundwork for new treatments. 

Some people in the food science world believe tastebuds can be retrained to enjoy divisive foods such as broccoli, brussels sprouts and coriander.

"Forever chemicals" were recently found above levels currently considered safe in a handful of NSW drinking water sources. This is how PFAS-contaminated water is cleaned up before it reaches your kitchen tap.

Fisheries and health officials have issued warnings after thousands of dead fish were found washed up at Gnoorea Point near Karratha.

The public is warned of increased risk from sharks and crocodiles, after numerous whale carcasses are found scattered along the coast near Broome in Western Australia.

It is something researchers have suspected for 20 years. Now they know for sure the Newcastle funnel-web is bigger, scarier, and different than the rest.

A 13-year-old girl found and helped capture an invasive Peron's tree frog after a tourist's photo posted online alerted authorities of the biosecurity threat.

We asked a career expert what 2025 looks like for jobseekers and career changers.

From red urchins to orange sea cucumbers, researchers monitoring the fastest-melting glacier in East Antarctica are surprised by new-found biodiversity under the ice at Bunger Hills.