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Troubled waters: Australia’s freshwater fish are facing extinction
How can we stop Australia’s freshwater fish species from going extinct?
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Mega fires mega study
A mega study involving over 100 scientists has uncovered some startling findings into how the megafires that tore through Australia’s forests in 2019-2020 impacted animals and plants.
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Corpse flowers and flesh flies: why so many plants and fungi smell like death
Right now, people are lining up at the Geelong Botanic Gardens to see and smell the giant corpse flower, a rare plant that stinks like a dead body.
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State of the Climate 2024: How is Australia faring?
Australia is enduring harsher fire seasons, more ocean heatwaves and sea-level rise.
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How darkling beetles rose to ‘global ecological dominance’
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and CSIRO have used genomic analysis to reconstruct the evolutionary tree of more than 300 darkling beetle species.
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Engineering bioplastics for the future
CSIRO has partnered with Murdoch University to launch the Bioplastics Innovation Hub (BIH), to help fast-track the development of biologically derived, compostable plastics.
History & Culture
‘The bush calls us’: the defiant women who demanded a place on the walking track
Bushwalking is a hobby most Australians are fond of, but there was a time when women weren’t allowed to take part in these treks – until some trailblazers decided to take a hike.
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Island life is more unique than you ever realised, and it needs protecting
More than 20 per cent of plant species are found only on islands – and time is running out to save them.
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Footage reveals ‘surfing’ whales in Australian waters
As humpback and southern right whales return to Antarctica at the tail end of their annual migration, east coast whale watchers may think the show will soon be over. But some whale species are still here, possibly year-round. And we need to find out more about them.
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One million trees planted, eight million to go
The Foundation of National Parks & Wildlife – the philanthropic partner of Australia’s National Parks – yesterday planted the millionth tree of the Landscape Resilience Program.