News Search for Shackleton’s sunken ship, Endurance, underway SCIENTISTS HAVE begun the search for Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance, the ship abandoned by the legendary Antarctic explorer and his team back in 1915. The lost ship was reportedly crushed by…
Wildlife Searching for the infamous western desert taipan …search of the best waves. Now, translate that enthusiasm into finding and photographing reptiles in the wild and you’ll begin to understand the passion that I have for these animals….
News Secrets of successful surfers revealed …research into our elite athlete program, so the research is training and the training is research,” he says. Oliver’s findings were published in 2012 in The Journal of Strength and…
Science & Environment Australian parrots are changing their body shapes to cope with climate change …New research has examined another way animal species cope with climate change: by changing the size of their ears, tails, beaks and other appendages. We reviewed the published literature and…
News Did mega-drought destroy Aboriginal culture? THE INTERVAL BETWEEN TWO styles of rock art in the Kimberley could be explained by a 1500-year-long mega-drought, new research suggests. The remote Kimberley region of northwest Australia is home…
News Shark deterrent research: WA pledges $2m THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT has announced $2 million in funding for shark hazard-reduction research, following one of the worst years for shark attacks in the state’s history. Over the last…
Wildlife New research shows snakebites are rarer than you think DESPITE THE COMMON belief that Australia has some of the most venomous snakes in the world, our new research shows being bitten by a snake is uncommon in Australia and…
News Scientists to search for Tassie tigers in Queensland A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS is headed to Far North Queensland as early as next month to search for the long-lost Tasmanian tiger (Thylacine), based on what they say are detailed…
News Krill's time to shine in new research facility …Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) are recognised by the Australian Government as a priority species, with a new world-class aquarium and research facility announced today for the tiny crustaceans. The facility,…
Science & Environment Global swarming: are jellyfish taking over our oceans? …happening on a grand scale. There are a few problem species, but jellyfish certainly aren’t taking over our waters as some media reports have suggested. What this and similar research…
