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As an ecologist who studies stingrays, people always ask me: what do these creatures eat? It may well be the reason I’ve spent the past three years tackling this very question.

As the weather starts to warm in Australia, you might notice the pleasant flutter of butterflies in your garden during the day. And perhaps if you’ve left a porch light on during the night, you will see a flurry of moths have gathered around it.

Jurors must find accused not guilty if ‘reasonable possibility’ mushroom poisoning was an accident, defence barrister says, while prosecution points to ‘calculated deception’

When we think about animals, we tend to think of furry four-legged mammals. But 95% of all animal species are invertebrates – bees, butterflies, beetles, snails, worms, octopuses, starfish, corals, spiders and many many more. These creatures make us happy, pollinate flowers, keep soils healthy, clean water, build reefs, maintain…

Prosecutor also tells court Patterson lied about cancer to lunch guests because she thought ‘her lie would die with them’

Patterson tells court her children were mistaken when they said she served herself leftover beef wellington the night of the lunch

Triple-murder accused also denies foraging death caps hours before buying food dehydrator as trial continues

Erin Patterson has been accused of faking illness to appear unwell because she knew she had not eaten deadly mushrooms and realised it would look suspicious.

Detective also tells mushroom lunch trial that phone records indicate a sim card was switched while police searched murder accused’s home