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Squawks, creaky doors, trills, bellows and a lot of grunts — our wildlife makes some bizarre and beguiling noises. But which one should get the shout-out as Australia's favourite animal sound? It's time to make a call.

Globally, road “accidents” kill more than 1 million people a year, and are the primary cause of death for people aged under 30.

We can expect that the science of fire should intersect with fire use by First Peoples, because an understanding of fire that enabled cultures to coexist with it for at least 65,000 years must have its roots in scientific reality. Our understanding of that relationship is, however, deeply troubled.

Plastics consumed nationally in 2019-20 created 16m tonnes of greenhouse gases, report says

When Shauna Bostock began researching a book on her family, she thought it would be limited to her Aboriginal ancestry. But then a late-night phone call led her down a surprising path.

Before the colonists came, we managed the land with careful use of cool burns. To stop giant bushfires, we have to learn again how to care for country.

The fungal disease Panama TR4, which has no known cure or treatment, is confirmed on an eighth property in the Tully Valley.

Wild dingo populations have less dog lineage, with a significantly greater proportion of pure dingoes than previously thought, according to new research, challenging the view that pure dingoes are on the decline due to crossbreeding. The findings, published in Molecular Ecology, suggest previous studies significantly overestimated the prevalence of dingo-dog mixes in the wild and that lethal methods to control ‘wild dogs’ target pure dingoes.

Project will use data from satellites and sensors to provide warnings on algal bloom, blackwater and runoff contamination

Aussie Five Star Caravans Victoria is a direct Melbourne based off road caravan dealership that offer a serious competitive edge in quality and price.

They tend backyards brimming with cactus varieties, consuming the produce. Prudence Gibson meets a hidden group of gardeners and ponders the allure – and – danger of psychoactive plants.

Minimum quality standards will also be introduced, and the sale of vapes in retail settings prohibited.

Recreational vaping will be banned in Australia, as part of a major crackdown amid what experts say is an "epidemic". Minimum quality standards will also be introduced, and the sale of vapes restricted to pharmacies. Nicotine vapes already require a prescription in Australia, but the industry is poorly regulated and a black market is thriving.

A regional Australian mayor said he may sue OpenAI if it does not correct ChatGPT's false claims that he had served time in prison for bribery, in what would be the first defamation lawsuit against the automated text service.

Australia banned TikTok on official devices today and joined a long list of western countries including the US and the UK to make such move.

If you look at where wombats deposit their poo, you realize they must be able to perform some surprising acrobatics.

Australian researchers have discovered a super-sized species of trapdoor spiders found only in Queensland. The females of this rare species can live for over 20 years in the wild and grow up to 5cm long - large in trapdoor spider terms. The males grow up to 3cm. Unfortunately, much of its habitat has been lost due to land clearing, making it likely to be an endangered species, scientists said.

A series of advertisements for an online casino that target Australians are being shown on Facebook. The case has reopened the debate about how easy it is for offshore businesses to use the internet to evade Australian law, writes Casey Briggs.

An Australian man has broken the world record for the longest surfing session - clocking more than 40 hours in the process. At the end, Blake Johnston was carried on the shoulders of friends up Cronulla beach in south Sydney, describing himself as "pretty cooked".