Nature & Wildlife Zebra finches are social singers, new research finds …in their natural habitat in an Australian arid zone. Image credit: Simon Griffiths/Macquarie University The research, published in the Journal of Current Biology, used five years of field studies at…
Science & Environment Herpes virus threatens endangered turtles …statistics on mortality rates in diseased turtles. WWF is helping fund the research, which involves catching, testing and tagging the turtles in a kind of “turtle rodeo” manner. RELATED STORIES…
Biodiversity Mightier than the saw …is an Honorary Research Fellow at Macquarie University, encountered her first sawfish in an aquarium. And it was an overheard conversation in another aquarium that sparked the idea for her…
Biodiversity Prestigious research award announced …long-running collaborative research project is led by La Trobe and Deakin universities, and has shown that the effects of a single fire could last well over a century. The research…
History & Culture Turning toxins to therapies: The wild world of researching venom …the world in terms of venom research,” says Professor Glenn King, a biochemist at the institute. “There are other places doing excellent work in antivenom research, and groups in Belgium…
Destinations Volunteer research with manta rays …Participate in manta ray research We passengers observe their activity using a mask and snorkel, mesmerised and breathless from attempting to keep up with their seemingly effortless but remarkably swift…
News Eureka Prizes 2017: see the winners …Aboriginal Heritage Project. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute associate professor Andrew Steer won the Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research. With the the University of New…
Science & Environment Man deliberately bitten by snakes helps create new antivenom …and vaccination research company Centivax saw potential for Friede’s own antibodies, as a survivor of hundreds of snake bites and self-injections, to form the basis of a new antivenom. The…
Flora & Fauna Orcas filmed grooming each other with seaweed in rare case of ocean mammal tool use …kelp. Video credit: Center for Whale Research Grooming was observed among male and female orcas, with closely related or similarly aged individuals apparently more likely to groom each other. The…
News New Australian research could help eradicate the spread of mosquito-borne disease Research carried out in north Queensland could help eradicate the spread of mosquito-borne disease across the world, including dengue fever, yellow fever and the Zika virus. It found that a sterilisation…
