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Are pesticides to blame for recent mass deaths of frogs?
Researchers have found pesticides in a third of the Australian frogs that were tested.
Category: Science & Environment
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OPINION: Moving on migration
A recent international report revealed that many of Earth’s great animal migrations are under threat, including some in Australia’s own backyard, writes biodiversity and conservation expert Dr Lily Bentley.
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Near-complete 50,000-year-old kangaroo skeleton retrieved from underground cave
The fossil, hidden underground since the Ice Age, has been brought to the surface in a precarious and meticulous mission executed by a team of intrepid scientists.
Science & Environment
‘Interpol’ database for parrots caught in illegal wildlife trade
Researchers are using forensic genomics to protect parrots from the illegal wildlife trade.
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How to see the ‘devil comet’ from Australia
If you’re a fan of all things space, you’ve doubtless heard about the ‘devil comet’, which has been captivating keen-eyed observers in the Northern Hemisphere for the past few weeks.
Science & Environment
‘Bunyip’ bird returns to restored Tasmanian wetlands
For the first time in more than 40 years, the distinctive booming call of the endangered Australasian bittern once again rings out across the waters of Tasmania’s Lagoon of Islands.
History & Culture
Indigenous rock-art sites ‘chosen’ for vantage
Researchers have discovered internationally significant rock-art sites in Arnhem Land were far from random and instead ‘chosen’ for the critical vantage points they provided.
Science & Environment
Fishing for answers in Menindee Lakes
A New South Wales-first oxygenation trial aims to address dissolved oxygen levels in the Darling River that have contributed to large-scale fish deaths in recent years.
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Teaching toads: how we can save native species from cane toads
Australia can claim more than its fair share of environmental blunders, but the introduction of cane toads (Rhinella marina) in 1935 surely ranks as one of the worst.
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Honeycomb clouds give the Southern Ocean the Earth’s sweetest air
The Southern Ocean is renowned for having the cleanest air on Earth. But the precise reasons why have remained a mystery, until now.