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Flora & Fauna

Paddleboarding pups sniff out elusive platypus

…the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Vet Working Dog Center. “Kip and Moss need to use a lot of balance and core strength to search from paddleboards,” Dr Jamieson said. “So…

Nature & Wildlife

‘Vegetarian’ possums eat meat when the weather’s cold

In Australia, people tend to think carnivores – such as dingoes, ravens, foxes and wedge-tailed eagles – lead the clean-up crew. But new research shows common brushtail possums – often…

Biodiversity

Unbearable loss: our koalas are endangered

…Rebecca Johnson, director of the Australian Museum Research Institute, and involved collaboration from a large number of genetics and koala researchers from a wide range of research bodies. Field researchers…

Nature & Wildlife

Australian fossil findings result in deep dive of whale evolution

…later in the evolution that whales became big in the Northern Hemisphere.” The baleen whale fossil at Museums Victoria Research. Image credit: Eugene Hyland/Museums Victoria Through their research, Dr Rule…

Biodiversity

Winners: Australian Geographic Society's Awards for Nature 2024

…mitigation, collaborations to increase avian diversity on agricultural land, and more. All projects were driven by strong leaders. Reading about their heroic efforts to address environmental issues through scientific research,…

News

If K'gari (Fraser Island) didn't exist, neither would the Great Barrier Reef, research finds

…tropics if K’gari did not direct it off the shelf. Our research has established the age of K’gari as being older than the Greater Barrier Reef. This suggests the reef…

Nature & Wildlife

Birds are the ultimate architects, designing their nests for every climate

…did nest designs become so very different? And will they change as the planet does? Our research has been looking into these questions using over 700 museum specimens. The answers…

News

Japan's scientific whaling ended, but loophole remains

…Sydney Professor Steven Freeland said the ruling may not put an absolute end to the issue. He pointed out that the ICJ had confirmed that scientific research can include the…

News

Shark deterrents: do they really work?

…including orca noises, appeared to have negligible effects. On average, one person is killed by a shark each year in Australia. These preliminary findings were made by a research team…

Destinations

Ecotourism: At one with nature

…country. According to 2008 research by Tourism Australia, about 70 per cent of international visitors to Australia – some 3.5 million people a year – participate in at least one…

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