Nature

Nature

The South American bug set to be a new best friend for Australian plants and animals

An exotic plant is choking Queensland waterways - but a solution is at hand.

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The fightback has begun against an aquatic plant - the cabomba - taking over the nation's waterways. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO)

When magpie attacks can happen and how to avoid them

Here’s everything you need to know about the season.

5 min read

File image of a magpie.

Two dead, two critically injured following Blue Mountains landslide

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Two bushwalkers have died following a Blue Mountains landslip.

Are you a mozzie magnet? New research shows exactly why mosquitoes are targeting you

4 min read

New research has found that mosquitos are attracted to us by the red flash that our skin emits, their vision activated by the CO2 we exhale.

Earth’s core cooling faster than previously thought, researchers say

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Researchers believe Earth’s core is cooling at rates faster than previously thought.

‘Devastated’: Taronga Zoo announces ‘sudden’ passing of month-old pygmy hippo calf

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Taronga Zoo advised of the sudden passing of the young Pygmy Hippo calf on Wednesday night.