Instead of being closely related to other north American canids, such as grey wolves and coyotes, dire wolves represent a branch that split off from their relatives millions of years ago, representing the last of a now extinct lineage.

Crop rotation and farm practices can lead to carbon building up in soils. But variable rainfall may still be a barrier to soils saving us from an altered atmosphere.

PhD candidate Jean-Michel Maujean records Australian birds and uses the calls as inspiration for his own music compositions.

Martina Doblin describes some of the research programs underway and plans for the future.

Peter Godfrey-Smith bridges the gap between matter and mind to address one of the most important philosophical questions: What is the origin of consciousness?

They built the town too close to the ore deposit. The town is Kiruna and it is above one of the largest underground iron ore deposits in the world. For decades it has been known that one day, as mining crept closer, the town would need to be moved. Now that day has arrived.

Three missions to Mars, phosphine on Venus and water molecules on the Moon. ABC senior science reporter Genelle Weule looks back on the big space news of 2020, with science editor Jonathan Webb.

Serendipity, brilliance and hard work led to the development of penicillin, a drug that has saved billions of lives.