Wildlife The regent honeyeater is forgetting its song as the species dies out …Despite the increasing number of endangered bird species, there is surprisingly little research into how declines in population size and density might damage song culture in wild birds. We sought…
Travel Antarctica by air …offset through Carbon Neutral, a carbon solutions provider and carbon offset developer. During the flight we also participated in an auction to raise funds for polar research via the Antarctic…
Wildlife Outcast: the plight of the dingo …any dog has the potential to kill livestock,” says Greg Mifsud from the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre. The National Wild Dog Action Plan (NWDAP), introduced in 2015 with the…
News Endangered sawfish battle crocodiles and sharks …sawfish are eaten or killed, but we know from the scarring on surviving sawfish that a lot of them are attacked,” said David. Previous research by David’s team has identified…
Science & Environment We have almost certainly blown the 1.5-degree global warming target …This article is adapted from a blog post that originally appeared here. Andrew King, Climate Extremes Research Fellow, University of Melbourne and Benjamin J. Henley, Research Fellow in Climate and…
News Wild, free and feral: how brumbies are destroying Australia's peatlands …Snowy Mountains. In our new research, we sampled peat soils from areas with and without feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park, NSW. We found peatlands untouched by feral horses store…
News 300 million dead: the carnage foxes inflict in just one year This research, the first to quantify the national impact of foxes on Australian wildlife, also compares the results to similar studies on cats. And we found foxes and cats collectively…
News Antarctica at risk from flood of people ANTARCTICA, ONCE THE PRISTINE last frontier of wilderness, is being exposed to higher risks because of increased tourism and research activities. “The risk of introduced diseases to Antarctic wildlife grows…
News Human eye cells grown on cicada wings …this research, Greg and associates from the Queensland Eye Institute were able to grow human eye cells on the cicada wings. “Retinal cells don’t just grow on anything. You have…
Science & Environment Australia's iconic giant clams are in trouble …their shells and flesh are in demand. Some are already locally extinct. Our new research out today has found these iconic megafauna face new threats like the marine heatwaves and…