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Plants can talk to each other

PLANTS THAT RESPOND to sound and ‘click’ to communicate with each other is surely the realm of science fiction. No anymore, according to research released this week by the University…

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…research could be useful in an era of tackling climate change. Using observational data collected from forests around the world, Resco’s team tested whether a change in environmental conditions affected…

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NSW estuaries are warming at twice the rate of the ocean

…coastal vegetation such as mangroves and saltmarsh in the coming decades and reduce their capacity to mitigate storm damage and sea-level rise,” says Pauline Ross, who leads the research group…

History & Culture

‘Nice and clean’: Not all blackened landscapes are bad

…Claire Smith, Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University; Gary Jackson, Research Associate in Archaeology, Flinders University, and Kellie Pollard, Research lecturer, Charles Darwin University…

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Koalas are feeling the heat, and we need to make some tough choices to save our furry friends

…for koala recovery. Finding solutions In our research we are looking at koala recovery strategies that factor in different threats and trade-offs. In a recent study we looked at which…

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These 20 Australian reptiles are set to disappear by 2040

…But many of our reptiles are at risk of the same fate as the Christmas Island forest skink: extinction. In new research published today, we identified the 20 terrestrial snakes…

Science & Environment

How to avoid and treat Australia's deadliest bites

…arm while he slept, would not be alive. After seeking medical attention quickly, he made a full recovery. And a red-back spider? From the Australian Venom Research Unit at the…

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Speaking up

…One of the linguists, Dr Jenny Green, is a research fellow at Melbourne University and has spent decades tuning in to the voices of Central Australia, working with Anmatyerre and…

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The death’s-head hawkmoth can maintain a perfectly straight flight path over thousands of kilometres. How?

…journeys. One outstanding question for experts has been how they react to varying wind conditions while en route. In research published today in Science, we show one migratory insect species,…

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Sea cucumber poo to save Great Barrier Reef

SCIENTISTS AT ONE TREE ISLAND, the University of Sydney’s research station on the Great Barrier Reef, say sea cucumbers could reduce ocean acidification affecting coral growth. The experts argue that…

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Plants can talk to each other

Trees have biological clocks

NSW estuaries are warming at twice the rate of the ocean

‘Nice and clean’: Not all blackened landscapes are bad

Koalas are feeling the heat, and we need to make some tough choices to save our furry friends

These 20 Australian reptiles are set to disappear by 2040

How to avoid and treat Australia's deadliest bites

Speaking up

The death’s-head hawkmoth can maintain a perfectly straight flight path over thousands of kilometres. How?

Sea cucumber poo to save Great Barrier Reef