News Honesty is the only policy for seniors …Halberstadt, from New Zealand’s University of Otago, has found older adults are worse at detecting lies than young people. The research also suggests seniors have difficulty lying as persuasively as…
News Koalas to feel the heat with climate change …she was called to present her findings to Senate inquiry hearings in Brisbane into the status, health and sustainability of Australia’s population. Taking action: koala conservation plans “My research has…
News Dinosaurs would still exist if the asteroid had landed almost anywhere else THE DECLINE OF the dinosaurs, the rise of mammals and, ultimately, the origins of humans were even more unlikely than previously thought, according to new research. The huge asteroid collision…
News Researchers discover how temperature affects the sex of reptiles …on the research. The team of researchers studied the Ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules of bearded dragon lizards that were functional females, but genetically male, and then compared these to molecules…
Wildlife Humpback Whales: The brawl to mate …whales does not, says Professor Scott Baker of the Marine Mammal Institute, at Oregon State University. A founding member of the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium, Scott has studied humpbacks…
Science & Environment This is why you should love spiders …so closely tied that exposure to different chemicals has specific effects on how the webs are spun. Other research suggests the blue colour in tarantulas evolved independently at least eight…
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…
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.…
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 Poo makes whales carbon neutral WHALES ARE CARBON NEUTRAL on account of their poo, new research on the Southern Ocean has shown. The excretion of nutrient-rich poo boosts the growth of plankton in the ocean,…