Sky-High PNG Trees Cause Re-Think On Forest Assumptions
Remote mountains in Papua New Guinea could be home to some of the world's tallest trees at extreme altitudes, scientists ...
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Fossils Suggest Hominids May Have Lived Alongside Modern Humans
Primitive hominids may have lived in Africa at the same time as humans, researchers said Tuesday, in new findings that ...
Vinegar Offers Hope In Barrier Reef Starfish Battle
Coral-munching crown-of-thorns starfish can be safely killed by common household vinegar, scientists revealed Thursday in a discovery that offers hope ...
Great Barrier Reef: Two-Thirds Damaged In ‘unprecedented’ Bleaching
Unprecedented coral bleaching in consecutive years has damaged two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, aerial surveys have shown. The bleaching ...
‘Zero Recovery’ For Corals In Back-To-Back Australia Bleaching
Coral bleached for two consecutive years at Australia's Great Barrier Reef has "zero prospect" of recovery, scientists warned Monday, as ...
‘Underwater Wasteland’ Worries After Cyclone Hits Barrier Reef
A powerful cyclone that smashed into northeastern Australia could have caused further damage to the under-pressure Great Barrier Reef, turning ...
‘Monster’ Storm Batters Australia
A powerful cyclone has pummelled the north-east Australian coast, causing major damage, torrential rain and power cuts to tens of ...
‘Unparalleled’ Number of Dinosaur Tracks Found In Australia
An "unprecedented" 21 different types of dinosaur tracks have been found on a stretch of Australia's remote coastline, scientists said ...
Huge Swathe of Australian Mangroves ‘die of Thirst’
Thousands of hectares of mangroves in Australia's remote north "died of thirst" last year, scientists said Tuesday, in the largest ...