It was sobering to read Savage: The Life and Times of Jemmy Button by Nick Hazelwood, and not just because of the obvious tragedies of contact between European travellers and South American native peoples. As someone planning travels to the other side of the globe, I am reminded how relatively safe ...

The smurfs are invading science. OK, that's not true, but the colour blue has come to my attention a handful of times in the last few weeks, mostly in connection with genetics. Not that any of the things I learned about will come as a surprise to those who are well versed in the more obscure genetic...

The same water loving snake that can eat cane toads and live to eat more, is also good at finding its way home. Female keelbacks (Tropidonophis mairii) return to the place where they hatched from an egg, to lay their own eggs when the time comes. If you're interested in reptiles of the Sydney region...