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…
Science & Environment Herbaria bring centuries-old science into the digital age …care in methods of preserving them, these specimens are often in excellent condition more than 200 years after their collection and still able to be used productively in scientific 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 How to rebuild a platypus population …platypuses are elusive animals that require a lot of effort to research, so every opportunity is taken to collect data, including bodyweight and condition, when it is available. Her research,…
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 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 Secrets of successful surfers revealed …research into our elite athlete program, so the research is training and the training is research,” he says. Oliver’s findings were published in 2012 in The Journal of Strength 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…