Solving the mysteries of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is critical to safeguarding its future, which is why tourism operators in Bundaberg are now joining scientists in helping to find the answers.

There are three known wild contagious cancers in vertebrates, and Tasmanian devils have two of them. What does that mean for the endangered marsupials?

But Indigenous people—who stand to benefit the most from the commercialization of “bush tucker”—represent only 1 percent of the industry.

Australian start-up Loam is using fungi to help crops capture carbon in the soil—and keep it there. It could be a game-changer for farmers and the fight against climate change.

Is it ethical to travel to ecologically sensitive environments?

Stretching for 2,300 kilometres off the coast of Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef is so large, only five to 10 per cent is regularly surveyed.

Bushfires tore through the landscape, but this isn’t a tale of heartbreak.

Only about 1,000 of 3,000 individual reefs have been documented, but the Great Reef Census hopes to fill in the gaps

It's often reported the two species of cannabis plants produce different effects, but science says it's a little more complicated.

Your co-worker hides information files, but claims they got lost in transfer. Your manager dithers about a deadline extension he promised two minutes ago. And your cubicle mate offers Talk Therapy because you seem emotionally repressed. What’s going on?

A controversial plan for a tourist attraction sparks questions about South Australia’s celebrated tuna ranching industry.

Tasmania’s Forestier and Tasman Peninsulas once segregated criminals from civilization. Now, they’ll isolate Tasmanian devils from a rampant disease that threatens to snuff out the species.

While eating insects is nothing new, the idea of animal welfare for the lowly cricket and mealworm is. Is there a way to raise a happier insect before it reaches its chocolate-covered fate?

Dr. Jacqueline Shan made it big when she developed Cold-FX. She's at it again with a new line of products, but the question remains the same: do they actually work?