What’s the benefit in making human-animal hybrids? …Cell Research call for research where human gametes could be generated from human-animal chimeras to be prohibited, but supports research using human-animal chimeras conducted under appropriate review and oversight. Chimeric…
History & Culture Lasseter's Reef: Will it ever be found? …AG stories, been the subject of numerous books and films – including the 2012 documentary Lasseter’s Bones – and inspired countless adventurers to launch expeditions to Central Australia in search…
AG Society News Search continues for sponsorship awardee The review panel for the Nancy Bird Walton Sponsorship met on Thursday 11 February. After much discussion all members of the panel were in agreement that the project chosen should…
Nature & Wildlife Prehistoric megalodon could swallow a great white shark whole, research shows In a new 3D modelling study published in Science Advances, we show that the giant extinct shark, Otodus megalodon, was a true globetrotting super-predator. It was capable of covering vast…
AG Blog Searching for the Tasmanian tiger in PNG IN DECEMBER 2010, the AG Society-sponsored adventurer Andrew Hughes headed into the wilderness in an attempt to see if the Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine – declared officially extinct in 1986…
Biodiversity The puzzle of the platypus: Could time be up for this iconic Aussie animal? …last year University of Adelaide-led research began exploring a hormone in this complex chemical cocktail as a potential new diabetes treatment. Who’d have thought answers to two of the biggest…
DNA tests reveal orcas killed great white for only its liver …leads the Killer Whales Australia citizen science program and is a field research officer at the Dolphin Research Institute based in Victoria. Donnelly contributed to the Flinders University research by…
