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Crafty chickens use complex clucking

…portrays chickens as social creatures that employ Machiavellian intelligence and adjust what they say depending on who is listening. The research won the pair one of the awards at Tuesdays’s…

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Fearsome giant turtles found in Pacific cemetery

…settlers, says a new study. People shared the island with these giant land-dwelling turtles for at least two centuries, but eventually wiped them out, according to research published today by…

History & Culture

Defining Moments in Australian History: Penicillin breakthrough

…research interests. Related: 20 Australian inventions that changed the world Ten years later, Howard Florey, an Australian scientist working in England, brought together a team of research scientists (including Ernst…

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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…

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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…

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Changing the clocks could save Queensland's koalas

…researchers at the University of Queensland, every year over 300 koalas are killed from vehicle collisions in the state. The research shows that these collisions generally occur in the late…

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Platypus, echidna venom could help treat diabetes

AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS have discovered that a hormone produced in both platypus and echidna venom could hold the key to treating type-2 diabetes. Research led by Professor Frank Grützner at the…

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Teaching reptiles to avoid cane toads earns top honour in PM’s science prizes

…native animals a better chance of avoiding being caught on the hop. Professor Shine’s research has also explored ways to stop cane toads reproducing, by lacing traps with pheromones from…

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More funding needed for thylacine genome

…genomes. “We picked the thylacine as a worst-case scenario, a futile effort,” Stephan says. “It doesn’t have a close relative.” This research could provide insight into the evolutionary biology of…

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Humans killed most of Australia's megafauna: study

…to extinction by the first Australians, about 50,000 years ago, or a combination of hunting and climate change, says Miller. New evidence To address this mystery, a research team from…

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Crafty chickens use complex clucking

Fearsome giant turtles found in Pacific cemetery

Defining Moments in Australian History: Penicillin breakthrough

NSW estuaries are warming at twice the rate of the ocean

Cocky whispering at Coomallo Creek

Changing the clocks could save Queensland's koalas

Platypus, echidna venom could help treat diabetes

Teaching reptiles to avoid cane toads earns top honour in PM’s science prizes

More funding needed for thylacine genome

Humans killed most of Australia's megafauna: study