2018 Eureka Prizes: WINNERS
NewsFrom helping bees to a renewable energy future, Australian science was in the spotlight at the 2018 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.
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2018 AG Nature Photographer of the Year winners
NewsThe winning images from the 2018 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the year contest have been revealed.
Wildlife carers will soon be able to treat mange for wombats
NewsA new online course will offer training for wildlife carers to administer treatment for wombat mange.
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.
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.