US researchers say that, much like humans, a shorter stride may indicate your elderly pup has dementia. The scientists had 88 senior and geriatric dogs visit their lab for three days every six months ...

*** Briefing recording available*** The Earth's oldest known asteroid impact crater, located in Western Australia's Pilbara region, has been precisely dated to three billion years old, thanks to ...

A new international study has found that Indigenous oral traditions, some thousands of years old, hold valuable and often overlooked insights into volcanic eruptions – offering important lessons for ...

The federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins has confirmed Australia's first case of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu has been detected in Western Australia. The infected bird was found on a remote ...

Heliconius butterflies are some of the longest-living butterflies known to science and live considerably longer than their close relatives, and international researchers say their longevity could ...

A night dive to study wild sharks that can walk on land has surfaced with something even more rare – a species unknown to science. “New shark species don’t come along that often, and it’s most ...

New Zealand's weeds spread their seeds in ways that scientists didn't expect, perhaps explaining how they travel so far, according to new research. The scientists looked at hundreds of weeds and found ...

Slammed by the World Anti-Doping Agency and International Olympic Committee as “utterly irresponsible and immoral”, the Enhanced Games are underway. The games claim to exist to challenge traditional ...

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has noted that the current diphtheria outbreak, which originated in the Northern Territory, is among Australia's worst. The outbreak has been reported to have ...

**BRIEFING RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE** Australia's first Clinical Consensus Statement on Obesity and Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is set to recommend new obesity medicines to reduce heart disease risk.

Australia has one of the highest skin cancer disease burdens in the world, topping the charts for both malignant melanoma and basal cell carcinoma, and being among the highest for squamous cell ...

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) don't have higher rates of abnormal ovarian cysts compared to the general population, according to Australian research, which supports a global process to ...