News Whales suffer from sunburn too WHALES SUFFER SKIN DAMAGE similar to sunburn in humans – and it appears to be getting worse over time, new research suggests. A team of scientists from the UK and…
Wildlife Gould's petrels back from the brink …of the dodo,” says Nicholas, a senior research scientist with the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), based in Sydney. Success on Montague Island In response, conservationists sprang into…
News Footage reveals ‘surfing’ whales in Australian waters New research concerns one of these little-known species – the Bryde’s whale (Balaenoptera edeni). You may have seen it feeding, breaching or surfing, without realising what it was. My colleagues…
Wildlife Coral spawning: a rare natural wonder …says Dr Peter Harrison, director of marine studies at Southern Cross University and a member of the research team at James Cook University who discovered the mass coral spawning phenomenon…
Wildlife Welcome to Australia, a land of creatures out to kill you… maybe …solutions. We’re currently seeking funding to continue this research. From an individual or national public health perspective, we can’t make informed decisions until we have a much clearer picture of…
News Science Experiment - Birds …birds as well! With a bit of research, you can track the birds that visit your backyard or school yard. Materials A notebook The internet or a book for research…
Wildlife Cape York Peninsula's palm cockatoo …trees are a precious commodity. Palm cockatoos have very low rates of reproduction and reproductive success. My predecessor on the research program, Dr Steve Murphy, found that these long-lived birds…
News Scientists develop printable lasers …could be seeing this type of technology in our own homes in the “near future”, which would likely be within the decade, Jacek says, but this depends on the research…
History & Culture 20 Australian inventions that changed the world …Melbourne research team exploring why the commercial jet aircraft known as the Comet had suffered a series of deadly crashes. He thought it would help investigators fix what was wrong…
