Wildlife Giant Cuttlefish: Undetermined decline …But she found almost no research, she says. “All of the information you need to manage a population was missing.” In 1998 Karina persuaded the Fisheries Research & Development Corporation…
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.…
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 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…
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 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 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…