Fun fact: Despite looking like a rodent, their closest relatives are actually elephants and manatees. Yup. That little "flour ...

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Deborah Tabart OAM has dedicated nearly 40 years to koala conservation as Chair of the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF), which celebrates ...

Around 20,000 Australians who survived childhood and adolescent cancer require lifelong care, with numbers expected to rise 20% in the next ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. How do we get the fingerprints we have? – Oscar ...

As Meghan and Harry try to recapture the magic of their 2018 Australia trip, residents there may be less enchanted with them.

A nationwide emergency services provider enters Chapter 11 reorganization.

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic story traces back at least to Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who ...

Dick did eventually admit to having given Brynn cocaine, but claims he was not responsible for her relapse. “She was already ...

People often talk about baby boomers, millennials, and Gen Z, seemingly overlooking an entire generation sandwiched between them. Gen X, otherwise (and aptly) known as the “Forgotten Generation,” is ...

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton, one pair of ...