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Birdwatching, immune responses and evolutionary mapping honoured at 2023 Eureka Prizes

Hundreds of scientists from across the country have gathered at the Australian Museum in Sydney for the presentation of the Eureka Prizes. Awarded annually since 1990, the prizes recognise outstanding contributions to science and the public understanding of science.

The Conversation · Aug 23, 2023

240 million-year-old fossil of salamander-like creature with 'gnarly teeth' unearthed in rocks for garden wall

A retired chicken farmer found the rocks in the mid-1990s and donated it to the Australian Museum, where researchers have now named the newfound species Arenaerpeton supinatus.

LiveScience · Aug 11, 2023

Swordfish missing circle-shaped chunks of flesh hauled in by fishers. What bit it?

Fishers who reeled in the swordfish said they regularly catch fish with cookiecutter shark bites, but this is the first time they have seen a creature covered in dozens of fresh, oozing wounds.

LiveScience · Jul 27, 2023

13 of the most venomous snakes on the planet

An encounter with one of these venomous snakes could cost you your life.

LiveScience · Jul 28, 2022

14 of the biggest birds on Earth

From 9-foot tall ostriches to albatrosses with gargantuan wingspans, here are some of the biggest birds in the world.

LiveScience · Feb 2, 2022

Giant huntsman spider: The world's largest spider by leg span

Giant huntsman spiders are the largest member of the huntsman spider family Sparassidae with a leg span stretching up to 12 inches across — roughly the size of a dinner plate.

LiveScience · Dec 13, 2021