News
Project creates ark for world’s dying languages
Recordings of indigenous languages on the point of extinction are being gathered into an online database.
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News
Christchurch earthquake remembered one year on
Christchurch mourns those lost one year ago today in the devastating earthquake.
News
Want a better life? Change your name
Having a name that’s easy to pronounce could make you more popular and help you get a better job, say experts.
News
How 9/11 shed light on stressed whales
Scientists have used the drop-off in shipping traffic after 9/11 to understand whale responses to noise.
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.
Biodiversity
Fledgling success for peregrine falcon project
AG Society sponsored project helps bolster dwindling peregrine falcons numbers on the Gippsland Plains.
News
New threat to world’s largest rock art collection
Pilbara Aboriginal art faces new industrial threats, even though it’s been found worthy of World Heritage listing.
Biodiversity
New Gouldian finches found in Kimberley
Conservationists in WA’s Dampier Peninsula have discovered a breeding population of the rare Gouldian finch.
News
Moon mineral found in Western Australia
A rare mineral thought to exist only on the Moon’s surface has been discovered in WA’s Pilbara.
Biodiversity
Volunteer divers wanted in the Coral Sea
Conservationists are recruiting keen divers to help survey a remote spot of the Great Barrier Reef.