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Fighting the skin disease killing Australia’s wombats

After three years of research into the molecular biology and genetics of the wombat mite, the University of the Sunshine Coast-led collaboration has been awarded a New South Wales Government…

Wildlife

Sixteen-year-long study reveals secret lives of purple-crowned fairy-wrens

…secret lives of these elusive birds as part of a 16-year research collaboration with the Australian Wildlife Conservancy. The research project, which closely monitors a 15 kilometre stretch of land…

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Ancient earthquakes point to modern dangers

…North Island. The research was presented in September at the European Science Foundation Conference, held in Austria. Finding faults Using sonar to scan layers underneath sea floor, the scientists have…

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New genetic data reveals five distinct koala groups

…the same as any other koala in Australia – grey fur, big button nose and the fuzziest of ears. While the koala is one species, new research reveals that there…

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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Pro's guide to wildlife photography in the field

…Devil Program research trapping trips and the lab work being done at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research to understand the devil facial tumour disease and try to create a…

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10 cent refund: The huge impact of deposit schemes

…CSIRO; Britta Denise Hardesty is a Principal Research Scientist at the Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, CSIRO, and Chris Wilcox is a Senior Research Scientist at the CSIRO This article was…

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Tiny reef fish is surprise speedster

A SMALL REEF FISH can swim faster and more efficiently than large, open-ocean species, new research has revealed. The bluelined wrasse (Stethojulis bandanensis), found in the shallow reef waters of…

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…

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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…

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Fighting the skin disease killing Australia’s wombats

Sixteen-year-long study reveals secret lives of purple-crowned fairy-wrens

Ancient earthquakes point to modern dangers

New genetic data reveals five distinct koala groups

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

Pro's guide to wildlife photography in the field

10 cent refund: The huge impact of deposit schemes

Tiny reef fish is surprise speedster

Sleep: we need it and we still don't know why

Biodiversity hotspot in WA explained