Because when you’re part of a tiny band of people who are trying to understand the secret world above our heads, there is little time to waste. Despite being priceless biodiversity hotspots and carbon ...

Phylloxera, crown gall, scale and grapevine viruses are the focus of four new pest and disease research projects now under way with funding by Wine Australia and various research partners.

An estimated one to three species of insects and other native invertebrates are becoming extinct in Australia every week, ...

There are at least 300,000 species of invertebrate in Australia. Of these, two-thirds are unknown to western science.

Scientists say more than 9,000 non-marine invertebrate species have gone extinct in Australia since Europeans arrived in 1788 ...

The Bulloak Jewel (Hypochrysops piceatus) butterfly. Butterflies, bees and beetles are groups of insects at risk. Picture: ...

A new study estimates there have been more than 9,000 Australian invertebrate extinctions since 1788. Only one has been ...

Lice live their entire lives with a set of genes that in humans would indicate a late-stage degenerative disorder such as ...

Australia means so much to Iranian-born biotechnologist Sam Jahangard, he has made a huge sacrifice to keep his developments ...

THIS is the bizarre moment that creepy Frankenstein-style cyborg cockroaches come to life and form an army of bugs. A ...

Increase in demand for generic medicines have also led to increase in shift toward use of biotech ingredients. In addition, rise in consumption in the food & beverages industry and various health ...

Since European colonisation, Australia’s ecosystems and ecological communities have been under immense pressure. More than ...