News 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…
Wildlife Cocky whispering at Coomallo Creek …applied his skills of keen observation and scientific rigour in one of the nation’s most detailed studies on Carnaby’s black-cockatoos. Certainly, his is the longest-running research on the species led…
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…
Wildlife Bird melodies create the sweetest songs: you need to hear this Native Western Australian birds are the composers and stars of an engaging new music project at Edith Cowan University. Western Australian Performing Arts (WAAPA) PhD candidate Jean-Michel Maujean’s research is focused…
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 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 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 Sharks important to reef conservation, study finds …biggest issue is the lack of data,” Colin added. Aside from building on prior research, Meeuwig said in a statement that their continued data analysis and additional research will serve…
