Thousands of years before the invention of compasses or sails, prehistoric peoples crossed oceans to reach remote lands like ...

Synthetic pheromones may be a promising tool in attracting and culling troublesome crown-of-thorns starfish, which rapidly ...

Discover how Nathaniel Woodcock's drone intervention at a Sydney beach highlights the innovative technologies being employed ...

Join Paul Cuffaro and explore an underwater adventure as we dive to hunt for exotic sea creatures for a saltwater aquarium.

The black abalone mollusk (Haliotis cracherodii) is a delicacy in many regions of the world, with fancy restaurant diners ...

The deep sea is home to some of the largest and strangest creatures on Earth. Scientists have long noticed a pattern of extreme size at great depths, but the reasons remain debated. Factors like ...

A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 metres in search of new species, ...

Australian scientist Yi-Kai Tea is investigating one of the weirdest realms of the ocean – and it’s right on Australia’s ...

Australia now has the world’s largest coastal drone-surveillance operation and is installing nonlethal traps, or drumlines, ...

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before modern turtles evolved into the familiar forms we recognize today, some ...

In the same week that New South Wales experienced four shark attacks, Victorian beachgoers were warned about stinging ...

Of all the mammals in the world, humans by far have the strangest diets. As omnivores, we have the most variety of any other animal in the food we consume. We also delight in the culinary arts, ...