University of Tasmania

In the first study of its kind, excess abdominal fat has been associated with chronic pain, but the good news is that losing weight that can reduce waistlines could help relieve widespread musculoskeletal conditions and greatly improve quality of life.

A new type of storm-resistant fish farm could make aquaculture operations more eco-friendly. The submersible structure is designed to stay in the deep waters of the open ocean, where it should have less environmental impact than shore-adjacent pens.

Besides being known for their cube-shaped droppings, wombats are also subject to the disease sarcoptic mange. In order to understand how the mange-causing mites are able to spread between wombats, scientists have developed a burrow-exploring robot.

Scientists investigating melting glaciers have discovered evidence of a previously unknown vicious circle, whereby melted glacial water alters the chemistry on the surface of the ocean and drives further glacial melting, in turn accelerating the rise of seal levels.

You might think that the uninhabited Henderson Island sitting in the middle of the Pacific would be relatively pristine. Here scientists have found a nasty surprise, however, discovering the highest density of plastic waste to be reported anywhere on the planet.

A new genetic study suggests that Tasmanian devils are evolving a resistance to the devil facial tumor disease (DFTD), which has wiped out approximately 80 percent of the species since its discovery.

Cambridge scientists have unveiled new data on the mechanisms of a contagious tumor that threatens Tasmanian devils' survival in the wild.