**RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE** Australia's first cases of highly-pathogenic H5N1 bird flu were confirmed in wild seabirds over the weekend and on Monday. This strain of bird flu has caused widespread ...

US scientists say abortion bans in the country have had downstream effects on medical care that reach far beyond abortion itself. The team interviewed 40 doctors in nine states with total abortion ...

A computer model incorporating 22 risk factors can reliably estimate your risk of developing a serious muscle disorder as a side effect of statin use, say UK and Cypriot scientists, who note that the ...

WA's $10 billion question: are we capturing enough value from our resources? Western Australia risks missing the next wave of global resource investment unless it moves beyond its traditional “dig and ...

Heliconius butterflies are some of the longest-living butterflies known to science and live considerably longer than their close relatives, and international researchers say their longevity could ...

A night dive to study wild sharks that can walk on land has surfaced with something even more rare – a species unknown to science. “New shark species don’t come along that often, and it’s most ...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released the State of the Climate in Asia 2025 report, which found that ocean heat reached a new record during the period, while dangerous heat, ...

New Zealand's weeds spread their seeds in ways that scientists didn't expect, perhaps explaining how they travel so far, according to new research. The scientists looked at hundreds of weeds and found ...

Diseases have likely spread from animals to humans across human history, say scientists who found the earliest known plague victims in 5500-year-old graves. They found ancient plague virus DNA in ...

US scientists say Texan women's mental health took a hit following the introduction of an abortion ban in 2021. The team compared the mental health of 4,323 mothers in Texas with the mental health of ...

US researchers suggest people at a high risk of diabetes might be better off if they make some intensive lifestyle changes rather than taking the drug metformin - the most commonly prescribed ...

Scientists have analyzed how fear is used in anti-smoking campaigns by the U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), identifying five key strategies that make such messaging ...