Wildlife Australia, do you know where your exotic pets come from? …Animal Protection more than a quarter of exotic pet owners did no research before buying a wild animal. The polling looked at 500 owners of exotic pets who owned wild…
News Earthquake map may predict future disasters …techniques. “What has come out of our research is that linking global geo-physical data sets to earthquake hazard analysis is a really interesting future research area,” Thomas says. RELATED STORIES…
News Male bowerbirds stick to their own style …not their own. “The results raise questions about why males are consistent and apparently ‘honest’, and will prompt research on other species,” Rob says. “Such research should give new insights…
Science & Environment Forensic investigations: Can a fly solve a murder case? …becomes a skeleton in about four weeks. In winter, it can take five months. In the tropics, just 15 days. Ian correlates his research with work undertaken at the so-called…
Science & Environment Making sense of the brain …Humboldt Research Award and the NSW Premier’s Prize, and he has been elected a corresponding member of the prestigious Academy of Athens – only the second living Australian to achieve…
Science & Environment In search of our mysterious painted-snipe There were no Australian painted-snipes the morning I searched the drainage ditches near Brisbane Airport in November 2023. Although one had been photographed there days earlier, the wily wader eluded…
AG Society News Search continues for sponsorship awardee The review panel for the Nancy Bird Walton Sponsorship met on Thursday 11 February. After much discussion all members of the panel were in agreement that the project chosen should…
Destinations Macquarie Island: sub-Antarctic wilderness …rather than relaxation. Their ship is one of the ‘Professor Class’ Russian-built research vessels, now named The Spirit of Enderby but still crewed by a team of Russian sailors. It’s…
Birding & Wildlife Conservation Journey, East Gippsland Victoria …the near-rainforest of the gully. Your Wildlife Guide provides detailed information of the formation of these mighty forests, and helps you search for lyrebirds, parrots, goannas, wallabies and honeyeaters. Birds…
News Climbing crocs survey territory from above …Dr Adam Britton, study co-author at Charles Darwin University in Darwin, NT. Crocodiles basking in trees The research, led by Dr Vladimir Dinets at the University of Tennessee in the…
