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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…

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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…

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Laser scans of Australian rainforest reveals hidden lives of Australian megapodes

…and digitally removing the dense foliage of tree canopy, revealing what lives below. A group of Australian researchers from Airborne Research Australia, supported by Maxim Foundation, a not-for-profit research organisation…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Bunbury dolphins serve up calamari for dinner

…a decade – during research funded by the South West Marine Research Program, led by the Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit and based at the Bunbury Dolphin Discovery Centre –…

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Nice weather for aliens

…a frigid, arid world, with an atmosphere just a tenuous wisp of its former glory. The search for life out there Astronomers should soon begin to discover the first truly…

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Dancing to the beat: this is what Australians and our cockatoos have in common

AFTER DECADES of research, we now know that birds are far smarter than we ever gave them credit for, making the insult “bird brain” redundant. Adding to this research, a…

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The summer bushfire you heard nothing about

…native grasses, providing fuel for intense and widespread fires. But our research highlights the new danger posed by buffel grass, a highly invasive foreigner sweeping across inland Australia and able…

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Wild, free and feral: how brumbies are destroying Australia's peatlands

300 million dead: the carnage foxes inflict in just one year

Laser scans of Australian rainforest reveals hidden lives of Australian megapodes

Antarctica at risk from flood of people

Human eye cells grown on cicada wings

Australia's iconic giant clams are in trouble

Bunbury dolphins serve up calamari for dinner

Nice weather for aliens

Dancing to the beat: this is what Australians and our cockatoos have in common

The summer bushfire you heard nothing about