Science & Environment Citizens science: using the power of the masses …occurs in this area may one day be of interest to others.” Social media helps facilitate science research IN SIMILAR BACKYARDS, offices and classrooms, inner-city reserves and national parks, citizen…
News Have you ever seen a cockatoo open a wheelie bin? Watch this video …research volunteers; we acknowledge our co-authors of this research: Barbara, Lucy, Damien and Richard. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article….
News Sawfish are the ultimate stealth hunters, study finds THE FEEDING HABITS OF sawfish have long been shrouded in mystery, but new research has revealed the fascinating function of the species’ distinctive saw-like snout. Sawfish are a type of…
Science & Environment Australia's seadragons: masters of disguise …on the underside of his tail. (Image credit: Scott Portelli) DragonSearch In 1996 a coalition of researchers and community organisations established DragonSearch to collect data on wild seadragon populations across…
Far North Queensland, Wildlife & Conservation Safari …unique opportunity to enter research locations not accessible to the public to observe the endangered spotted-tailed quoll. Justin McMahon and Alberto Vale are our expert research guides and they have…
History & Culture Moreton Bay, the bay of plenty …research on dolphin behaviour, particularly communication, at Tangalooma in 2001. These days she’s working on the Moreton Bay Dolphin Research Project, established in 2014 in partnership with the Queensland Department…
News Did mega-drought destroy Aboriginal culture? THE INTERVAL BETWEEN TWO styles of rock art in the Kimberley could be explained by a 1500-year-long mega-drought, new research suggests. The remote Kimberley region of northwest Australia is home…
News Drop bears target tourists, study says …Peninsula to Tasmania. Tracking drop bear behaviour Home is where the food is. Image credit: shutterstock Dr Volker Janssen, a research associate at the University of Tasmania, led a research…
News Too ugly for science RESEARCH INTO AUSTRALIA’S mammal species can be roughly grouped into three categories – the good, the bad and the ugly, according to a recent review by Western Australian scientists. And,…
News Tasmanian devils are evolving rapidly to fight their deadly cancer FOR THE PAST 20 years, an infectious cancer has been killing wild Tasmanian devils, creating a massive challenge for conservationists. But new research, published today in Nature Communications, suggests that…