The practice of identifying and naming species, or taxonomy, is central to answering the most important questions in biology, but ‘the species’ remains an elusive and controversial concept, writes Darren Curnoe.
It seems the broad menu of sexual tastes our species enjoys extends back to our Palaeolithic ancestors and includes other hominin species, writes Darren Curnoe.
Take a wild guess what this episode's about. Does size matter? What can we learn from the animal kingdom? Find out in this latest episode with UNSW Australia's Darren Curnoe.
Microbes in oceans produce around half the oxygen we breathe. Now a study has shown their movement is hindered by geographical boundaries, raising concerns about their susceptibility to climate change.
Our ancient ancestors’ ability to move around and find new sources of groundwater during extremely dry periods in Africa may have been key to their survival and the evolution of the human species, a new study shows.
