News Sharks are mistaking humans for food, study shows …vision. The research has the potential to change perceptions around sharks and offer new ways to prevent fatal shark bites. The team of scientists captured footage of a seal and…
Science & Environment Sleep: we need it and we still don't know why …important for memory consolidation, and the flip side, forgetting,” says Associate Professor Kurt Lushington, director of the Centre for Sleep Research at the University of South Australia. “You need to…
News Warmer winters are waking snakes from their slumber sooner …and leave snakes alone. Damian Lettoof is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Wildlife Ecotoxicology with the CSIRO. Chris J Jolly is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in behavioural ecology and evolution…
News Biodiversity hotspot in WA explained RESEARCH INTO THE birds and mammals that pollinate banksias and eucalypts in south-west Western Australia is challenging existing theories on the region’s enormous biodiversity. The Southwest Australia Ecoregion is a…
News Tasmanian devils look set to conquer facial tumour disease IN THE MIDST of a human pandemic, we have some good news about a wildlife one: our new research, published today in Science, shows Tasmanian devils are likely to survive…
News Plants can learn new tricks THEY MAY LOOK BENIGN, but plants are much more intelligent than we think. New Australian research has shown that plants are capable of learning new tricks. The Mimosa pudica, known…
News Music of ancient stars reveals stellar surprise …in random directions due to “massive turbulent motion” inside the gas cloud where they form. But this research shows the overall rotation of the “stellar nursery” cloud is transferred to…
News Science glitterati share their Eureka moments at Australian Museum Heralded as the ‘Oscars of Science’, the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes celebrate excellence in the fields of scientific research and engagement. In honour of these outstanding achievements, the Australian Museum, Sydney, is…
News Dingo culling: a sanctioned killing of native animals …guise of invasive species management.” Dingoes are found from ocean to outback in Australia and recent research has found little evidence of interbreeding with domestic dogs. Image credits: shutterstock “Dingo…
News Leopard seals filter feed like whales LEOPARD SEALS, ANTARCTICA’S TOP predators, are geared to hunt at both ends of the food chain, new research has found. Long known for their ferocious grip-and-tear feeding behaviours, leopard seals…