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On a tiny Australian island, snakes feasting on seabirds evolved huge jaws in a surprisingly shortÌýtime

A study by researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ and other institutions has found that in a population of island tiger snakes the bones in their jaws increase in length after feeding on large prey, while their mainland counterparts show no change.

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TREENET National Street Tree Symposium success

Over 330 delegates attended the recent , held in Adelaide in September, making it the most successful ever!

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We helped fill a major climate change knowledge gap, thanks to 130,000-year-old sediment in Sydney lakes

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History of modern human arrival in Europe rewritten, as new fossil discovered

An international research team including scientists from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ has found evidence of human occupation in Europe almost 10,000 years earlier than previously documented, a discovery that stands to rewrite modern human andÌýNeanderthal histories on the continent.

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Ancient DNA helps solve mystery disappearance of lions and bears

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Humans hastened the extinction of the woolly mammoth

New research shows that humans had a significant role in the extinction of woolly mammoths in Eurasia, occurring thousands of years later than previously thought.Ìý

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Researchers respond to the IPCC's report that human activity is undeniably heating the planet.

The world’s leading climate scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC, have warned that the prospect of limiting global warming to 1.5C will be out of reach within 12 years at current rates of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Scientists reveal Earth’s secrets in Flinders Ranges rocks

The first virtual plate reconstruction of the Earth’s last billion years of geological history is providing deeper insight into what formed our planet and made it into how it is today.

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Disappointing season for beekeepers in South Australia

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Nature paper reveals platypus and echidna genomes feature mammalian biology and evolution

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