Safe cladding and plant-based foods among winners of Academy of Technology and Engineering awardsSoil microbes suspected to cause inner plant die-off in spinifexTicks offer microorganisms a free rideVale Edward de BonoWild animal fathers more than just sperm donorsKangaroo Island was nearly French!

Botanists biased towards pretty plants more than the ugliesKings Park Botanic Garden Perth great for a stroll and does top-notch botanical and horticultural researchPlay behaviour linked to brain mass and life span in a sample of Australian birdsAncient tree-climbing marsupials reveal hints of past environments

The legacy of Andrei Sakharov and the state of Russian science todayHigh levels of ocean noise a possible threat to whales and dolphinsRace to map Ashmore Reef as aquatic worlds change fast with warming watersNew ideas challenge traditional views about plant conservation and restorationLarge scale art works take visitors on a journey of ecological awarenessAsteroid sample lands in South Australian desert

A call for strengthened environmental legislationRegular forest burns reduce chances for endangered plants and animals, impact human healthLinking modern science with Indigenous knowledge to care for the landVale Ross TaylorWA Shipwrecks Museum charts early European encounters with AustraliaForensic evidence playing an increasing role in criminal investigations

Politicians need to see linkages in our worldMost Australian frogs intolerant of human modified habitatsNatural gas not a clean optionCoronavirus becomes musicHow much artificial intelligence will affect our romantic livesPollinators and PollinationNative bees of south-west Western Australia

Alan Turing – thinker ahead of his time

He is now over ninety, having done work on AIDS, on elephants, on population and condoms. We return to a feature interview from 2011 with Professor Roger Short in Melbourne.

Proposed tariff a disincentive for household renewable energyExtracting fossils from their rocky tombsPeter Raven - Driven by NatureRetired botanist becomes word doctor

Conservation, what’s that? Natural ecosystems now being removed fasterSmart irrigation keeps Adelaide’s parks greener and coolerScientists petition to end political persecution in RussiaRussian science a shadow of its former selfFungal art featured at the Royal Botanic Garden SydneyLockdown allows David Suzuki to reconnect with nature

David Suzuki deplores racism, explores its roots and prevalence todayThe Psychology of Charles DarwinAussie Stem Stars – Gisela KaplanThe return of sea birds may save Norfolk Island’s iconic pinesWinery takes a low impact approach