Biodiversity
Australia’s wattles threatened by pests
Australia’s iconic wattle plants are under growing threat from a foreign disease, a new report says.
Category: Nature & Wildlife
Biodiversity
Tasmanian devil genome offers cancer clues
Understanding the facial tumour disease decimating devil populations could provide insight into human cancers, say experts.
Biodiversity
How captivity affects the brain size of animals
Keeping animals in captivity reduce their brain size, and limits their chances of success in the wild.
Biodiversity
Not many fish in the sea, scientists say
Despite the vast ocean volumes, most species of fish are found in freshwater lakes and rivers, new research shows.
Nature & Wildlife
‘Supergiant’ crustaceans found in ocean depths
Amphipods are normally 3-4cm long, but mysterious 28cm giants have been found north of New Zealand.
Biodiversity
Fledgling success for peregrine falcon project
AG Society sponsored project helps bolster dwindling peregrine falcons numbers on the Gippsland Plains.
Biodiversity
Introduce elephants to Aussie bush, says scientist
Elephants would make short work of invasive grasses causing rampant bushfires, but experts are sceptical.
Biodiversity
New Gouldian finches found in Kimberley
Conservationists in WA’s Dampier Peninsula have discovered a breeding population of the rare Gouldian finch.
Biodiversity
Discovering dolphins in Koombana Bay
The interactions between friendly dolphins and people are carefully monitored in Bunbury, WA.
Biodiversity
Volunteer divers wanted in the Coral Sea
Conservationists are recruiting keen divers to help survey a remote spot of the Great Barrier Reef.