Feather transplant gives tawny lucky break
NewsA complex procedure has given an injured tawny frogmouth a new lease on life – shortening its recovery from up to a year to just six days.
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Extreme rainfall events intensifying more rapidly than first predicted
NewsThe link between global warming and increased rainfall events is well known, but scientists say our infrastructure may not cope at this rate.
Dingo bones excavated in 1960s are the oldest ever found
NewsRadiocarbon dating on the oldest dingo bones ever found has sparked a re-think of the arrival date for Australia’s iconic canines.
Digital map records 250 Indigenous massacres, more predicted
NewsIn the second stages of the mapping project, the number of massacres has increased from 172 to 240.
Just 13 per cent of the world’s oceans can be classified as wilderness, study finds
NewsAreas of ocean wilderness, untouched by human impact, are sparse in number according to new research.
Feral cats hunting Leadbeater’s possums as they leave nest boxes
NewsCamera footage captured attempts by feral cats to ambush the possum.
Persistent logging greatest threat to swift parrot, scientists find
NewsBreeding season for the critically endangered swift parrot is being impacted by a lack of available trees.
Underground lake discovered on Mars
NewsWe now know that there is permanent liquid water on Mars, according to a paper published today in the journal Science.
Once-in-a-century lunar eclipse to happen this weekend
NewsOn Saturday, 28 July, Australia will have front-row seats to the rare astronomical event.
“Every minute I’m not out looking, a wombat joey dies in its mother’s pouch”: The horrors of wombat roadkill
NewsWildlife carers driving along rural New South Wales roads are concerned about the rates wombats are dying from road collisions.