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Friday, 13 April 2012
Baboons can recognise scores of written words, a feat that raises intriguing questions about how we learn to read.
Thursday, 5 April 2012
While giant panda males are reproductively viable for six or more months out of the year, females are only in the mood for one to three days each year, a new study reveals.
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Reintroducing top predators such as dingoes and Tasmanian devils may help protect Australia's diminishing biodiversity.
Monday, 26 March 2012
Meet a scientist A vaccine developed by Queensland scientists could bring koalas back from the brink, explains Peter Timms.
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Mammals did not need the dinosaurs to die off in order to thrive, new research on fossil teeth suggests.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Many meat-eating animals appear to lose their ability to taste sweet flavours over time.
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Our ancestors made the evolutionary split with gorillas around 10 million years ago, but we still share a remarkable number of genes with the great ape.
Monday, 5 March 2012
A spike in the poaching of elephants has become so alarming that experts are debating a controversial plan.
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Bottlenose dolphins have whistles which they use to exclusively greet other members of their species.
Friday, 10 February 2012
Rudyard Kipling may have answered how the leopard got its spots and the camel its hump, but he never explained the zebra's stripes.
Wednesday, 8 February 2012
The merino sheep is one of the most genetically diverse animals domesticated by humans.
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Scientists say rare fossils found in Tasmania's south-east prove that an ancient species of prehistoric animal did exist throughout Australia.
Friday, 16 December 2011
A new study explains why naked mole rats surprisingly feel no pain from acid.
Friday, 9 December 2011
Given a choice, rodents often preferred to liberate a pal in need than eat a treat, indicating that their empathy for others was reward enough.
Thursday, 20 October 2011
A human antibody has been shown to protect lab monkeys from a deadly bat-borne virus.