News Herpes virus threatens endangered turtles …statistics on mortality rates in diseased turtles. WWF is helping fund the research, which involves catching, testing and tagging the turtles in a kind of “turtle rodeo” manner. RELATED STORIES…
News Speed of a lamb's bleat linked to survival …Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) and colleagues at the Sheep Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) collected records from 15,000 lambs, more than 6000 adult females and 284 sires from eight…
News Antarctica's blue whales are split into three populations …as a whale. Long before we started working with blue whales in 2007, expeditions have been carried out under the auspices of the International Whaling Commission to research Antarctic whales….
News Eureka Prizes 2017: see the winners …Aboriginal Heritage Project. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute associate professor Andrew Steer won the Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research. With the the University of New…
Science & Environment Prestigious research award announced …long-running collaborative research project is led by La Trobe and Deakin universities, and has shown that the effects of a single fire could last well over a century. The research…
Destinations Volunteer research with manta rays …Participate in manta ray research We passengers observe their activity using a mask and snorkel, mesmerised and breathless from attempting to keep up with their seemingly effortless but remarkably swift…
History & Culture Turning toxins to therapies: the wild world of researching venom …the world in terms of venom research,” says Professor Glenn King, a biochemist at the institute. “There are other places doing excellent work in antivenom research, and groups in Belgium…
History & Culture The lost children of Daylesford …search of wild goats. The boys didn’t return. Concerned, their fathers and a group of neighbours spent the afternoon searching the junction of Wombat, Stony and Sailors creeks for the…
News New Australian research could help eradicate the spread of mosquito-borne disease Research carried out in north Queensland could help eradicate the spread of mosquito-borne disease across the world, including dengue fever, yellow fever and the Zika virus. It found that a sterilisation…
News $4 million endowment for rock art research EXPERTS SAY A NEW position that will focus the funds of a $4 million endowment on Kimberley rock art, could be a turning point in the search for clues about…