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In 2021, Assistant Professor Lindsey Swierk at the University of Binghamton discovered that the water anole can use a bubble to breathe underwater so they can escape predators. Water anoles are a brown lizard found in Costa Rica that spend time underwater and on land.

Calling all codebreakers! Can you hwfhp ymnx htij? Hint: the cipher will help you score 101 out of 101.

Molly Barlow is a researcher studying this amazing, endangered marsupial. She wants to know why kowari numbers are going down in the wild.

An adventurous snail decides to climb up a wall to the roof of a school. The snail can climb up 3 metres in a day but slides back down 2 metres at night! If the school is 12 metres tall, how many days will it take the snail to reach the roof?

Cosmos Magazine has partnered with Double Helix to publish a free eBook that takes kids aged 8 to 12 on a dive into the science of our oceans. The eBook includes stories about turtles, wonky holes and undersea cables, as well as experiments to do at home.

Archaeologists from John Hopkins University have recently discovered what may be the world’s oldest alphabet in Syria, offering new insights into the origins of written language.

What’s all this buzz about quantum? Maybe you’ve heard it in science class or maybe in a sci-fi movie! No matter where you’ve come across it, you probably know it’s a bit strange, maybe confusing but also possibly an important part of the future. And all these things are true!

Impress your friends and family with this floating image – a modern take on an old-timey magic trick.

CSIRO scientists have found a species of fish to add to Australian aquaculture and, hopefully, Aussie diets. Trachinotus anak, known as the pompano, oyster pompano, giant oystercracker or dart, is a white-flesh fish endemic to northern Australia, and CSIRO’s top choice for farming.

The 1980 Mount St Helens eruption in the USA led to a surprising discovery. The eruption killed 57 people and destroyed 350 km2 of forest. In an effort to restore the ecosystem of the plains, in 1983, scientists captured 2 wild gophers, placing each into a small, fenced off area on the volcanic plain. The gophers dug for twenty-four hours before the scientists removed them. A new study published in 2024 shows the long-lasting effects the gophers had on the ecosystem.