You’ve got a new excuse to keep your Chrissie shopping couch-bound after US research found that online shopping has half the environmental impact of in-store buying. The main culprit? Driving to and from the shops…

The world’s smelliest fruit has a new fan – white cockatoos in the Northern Territory have figured out how to peck open farmer Han Shiong Siah’s latest crop. “Unfortunately, it’s our premium variety that’s getting attacked,” he said. Cheeky…

A species of Indonesian echidna named after Sir David Attenborough has re-emerged after more than 60 years, providing a chance to reminisce about all the other animals named after the famous naturalist. Who could forget the Oedura attenboroughi (velvet gecko), or the Attenborougharion rubicundus (a Tassie semi-slug)?