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Funnier than the original: Laughing frog found to be two separate species
Citizen scientists across Australia have helped uncover a frog species new to science, which has a longer ‘laugh’ than the original tree frog species.
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‘Naked rower’ Tom Robinson speaks about 14-hour ordeal stranded at sea
Dubbed ‘the naked rower’ by mainstream media after being found by a cruise ship clinging naked to his upturned rowboat, Tom Robinson says he achieved everything he wanted to achieve on his journey, despite missing out on his planned world record.
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New Great Barrier Reef fish species discovered living ‘in plain sight’
Researchers are celebrating after a University of the Sunshine Coast-led project detected the previously unknown species named Lady Elliot Shrimp Goby on a tiny coral cay.
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Museum staff discover hundreds of mammals glow under UV light
Did you know that some mammals glow when exposed to UV light, and it’s not just a handful of the warm-blooded critters?
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New major threat to Reef discovered by scientists
Scientists have identified a major new threat to the Great Barrier Reef – invisible groundwater flows delivering nutrients at harmful levels.
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Surveys confirm long-term decline of Reef’s dugongs
A long-running program that monitors dugong numbers off Queensland has identified a clear, long-term decline over about half of the Great Barrier Reef.
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Playful whales use seaweed as a hat – or exfoliant
This “kelping” behaviour is more common than we realised.
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Do kangaroos form mothers groups?
The social lives of kangaroos are more complex than we thought.
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Australia gives up on eradicating varroa mites
Beekeepers will switch to managing rather than eradicating the deadly varroa mite.