Soaring petrol prices are hurting more than your wallet Australians don't need an economist to tell them they're hurting at the petrol pump. They feel it every time they pull into a service station, every time they rethink a planned holiday, or every time they've had to squeeze another household...

Spotted a jellyfish bloom recently? Here's what may have triggered it On a calm summer's morning in southern Australia, the water can look deceptively clear, until you see thousands of gelatinous shapes washing ashore.

Genetic markers fast-track breeding of seedless muscadine grapes Using new genetic markers, fruit breeders can now tell whether grapes will be seedless and self-pollinating even years before vines bear fruit. The approach will save time and resources in the pursuit of creating flavorful new grape...

Study reveals that bottom trawling catches thousands of fish species, including those most at risk More than 3,000 fish species have been caught in bottom trawls, with estimates suggesting the true number could be nearly double, according to the world's first global inventory.

'No one knows what they are': Researchers discover new type of cell that's seen only during pregnancy A new map of the "maternal-fetal interface" reveals a new type of cell, as well as the types of cells most likely to be affected in conditions like preeclampsia.

16th-century silver coin discovered near Strait of Magellan marks the spot of a doomed Spanish colony The newfound coin dates to the 1584 founding of a doomed Spanish settlement in southern Chile.