Most citizen science initiatives ask people to record living things, like frogs, wombats, or feral animals. But dead things can also be hugely informative for science. We have just launched a new ...

Green tree frogs are some of the most commonly seen tree frogs in the world. Two primary species share the specific name “green tree frog”: the American species and the Australian species. Australian ...

Tall signs are popping up all over Australia for a surprising reason — tree vandalism or the act of illegally cutting down trees. This unusual crime is becoming increasingly common, but culprits ...

We’re not saying this eucalyptus tree in Australia is a gold digger, but, uh, it has literally been drawing up gold from the ground and accumulating the metal in its leaves. PopSci writes: Researchers ...

Kangaroos are an enduring symbol of Australia's uniqueness. To move, they do what no other large mammals do: they hop along on oversized hind legs. So you may be surprised to learn that some kangaroos ...

From Tasmania’s majestic forest giants to the eucalypt on your nature strip, trees in Australia are many, varied and sometimes huge. But how many are there exactly? And how does their number change ...