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This 17,500-year-old kangaroo has been recognised as Australia’s oldest Aboriginal rock painting

…style. This style featured paintings of decorated human figures, often with headdresses and holding boomerangs. From animals and plants to people Research we published last year shows Gwion paintings flourished…

Science & Environment

Feral animals are running amok on Australia’s islands – here’s how to stop them

…islands, our analysis can suggest which of these we should focus on. Chris Wilcox is a Senior Research Scientist at the CSIRO and Erin McCreless is a Research Scientist at…

Wildlife

Rare photos of blacktip reef sharks 'beaching'

…Reef, 270km north of Cairns. The Lizard Island Research Station is a world-leading coral reef research facility located on the island and operated by the Australian Museum. More of Christian’s…

Wildlife

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith remembered

…day: Aviation’s golden-boy disappears”). “The search for ‘Smithy’ was the greatest land-sea search of all-time at that point,” says historian Peter FitzSimons, who wrote a 2010 book on Kingsford Smith’s…

Wildlife

VIDEO: Catching whale 'blows'

…assessment stage, before taking ‘blow’ and tissue samples. (Video courtesy Fletcher Mingramm / UQ) There she blows A day in the field for the scientists involves launching their research vessel…

News

Koala detection dogs sniff out bushfire survivors

…Mrs Woosnam said. After searching more than 10km on that first day, the team found another adult male and nearby an adult female without a joey. This female appeared thin…

AG Blog

Postcards from the minke whale expedition pt 4

…known but research has shown a steady population with similar numbers returning each year to this part of the Great Barrier Reef. The animals are not considered endangered or under…

News

Noise caused by marine oil and gas exploration potentially affects whale migration

AIR GUNS used for marine oil and gas exploration are loud enough to affect humpback whales up to 3km away, potentially affecting their migration patterns, according to our new research.…

Science & Environment

Supercomputer pinpoints a meteorite’s origin

A fine example of their capabilities comes from recent research on the origin of a unique meteorite found in Western Sahara in 2011. Nicknamed ‘Black Beauty’, the meteorite is one…

Science & Environment

The 'moss forests' of Antarctica are dying

THE LUSH MOSS beds that grow near East Antarctica’s coast are among the only plants that can withstand life on the frozen continent. But our new research shows that these…

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This 17,500-year-old kangaroo has been recognised as Australia’s oldest Aboriginal rock painting

Feral animals are running amok on Australia’s islands – here’s how to stop them

Rare photos of blacktip reef sharks 'beaching'

Sir Charles Kingsford Smith remembered

VIDEO: Catching whale 'blows'

Koala detection dogs sniff out bushfire survivors

Postcards from the minke whale expedition pt 4

Noise caused by marine oil and gas exploration potentially affects whale migration

Supercomputer pinpoints a meteorite’s origin

The 'moss forests' of Antarctica are dying