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Unlocked: the genome of the mysterious marsupial mole
In a world-first, scientists have unearthed the genetic secrets of Australia’s elusive southern marsupial mole.
Category: Wildlife
Science & Environment
Bringing the Top End’s massive moth back to the burbs
One man is on a mission to bring Australia’s second-largest moth back to Darwin.
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Cost to save all threatened species in Australia calculated for first time
Australia has already lost at least 100 species since European colonisation. Across land and freshwater habitats, 1,657 species are currently threatened with the same fate. Their populations have fallen 2-3 per cent every year over the last quarter century.
Science & Environment
Serious sea smarts
Octopuses are sparking innovation and inspiring us in ways we never thought possible.
Science & Environment
Moonstruck: how lunar light influences animal behaviour
Lunar animal research is receiving the technological and methodological breakthroughs necessary for the next wave of intriguing findings.
Wildlife
10 million animals die on our roads each year. Here’s what works (and what doesn’t) to cut the toll
There’s almost no warning. A dark shape appears on the side of the road, then you feel a jolt as something goes under the car. Or worse, the shape rears up, hits the front of your vehicle, then slams into the windscreen. You have just experienced a wildlife-vehicle collision.
Wildlife
Rare footage shows ‘unseen world’ of South Australia’s little penguins
On Granite Island off South Australia, a colony of little penguins is fighting to survive. About two decades ago, the penguins numbered 1,600 adults – now there are just 30.
Science & Environment
Skink on the brink
It’s difficult to locate an animal small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. But these Monash University researchers gave everything to their search – and found not one, but 23 critically-endangered long sunskinks.
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Using cane toads to destroy cane toads: how ‘Peter Pan’ tadpoles are keeping these pests from ever growing up
Researchers from Sydney’s Macquarie University have discovered cane toad tadpoles are cannibalistic and can help stop the spread of their fellow toads if they remain in their pre-metamorphosis state.
Wildlife
Keeping native species as pets could save them from extinction. But it’s not that simple
In recent years, states such as South Australia have moved to liberalise native wildlife ownership laws. Could this be good for threatened species? That depends. Turning threatened species into pets may keep the species alive – but unable to survive without us.