The Japanese encephalitis virus, which is relatively new to Australia, poses a significant health risk to a naïve population.

The presence of a Chinese research ship comes after Beijing's warships circumnavigated Australia less than a month ago.

China has urged Australia to “stop the groundless suspicion and speculation” after its research ship was spotted off the ...

A Petri dish in a lab. A genome spliced. A pathogen engineered. The spark of the next pandemic may not lie in nature – but in ...

Noting that Australia’s R&D spend of 1.7 per cent of GDP is just over half the 2.7 per cent OECD average, she warned that ...

Methane emissions from a large open-cast coal mine in Australia are three to eight times higher than reported. This has been ...