History & Culture Join the hunt for Bäuerlen's long-lost legendary ferns …amateur botanist. As an independent researcher and writer with a science and museum-sector background, the two albums grabbed my attention. What exactly was I looking at? So began wide research…
Science & Environment Earthquake map may predict future disasters …techniques. “What has come out of our research is that linking global geo-physical data sets to earthquake hazard analysis is a really interesting future research area,” Thomas says. RELATED STORIES…
Nature & Wildlife Male bowerbirds stick to their own style …not their own. “The results raise questions about why males are consistent and apparently ‘honest’, and will prompt research on other species,” Rob says. “Such research should give new insights…
People Forensic investigations: Can a fly solve a murder case? …becomes a skeleton in about four weeks. In winter, it can take five months. In the tropics, just 15 days. Ian correlates his research with work undertaken at the so-called…
Nature & Wildlife Australia, do you know where your exotic pets come from? …Animal Protection more than a quarter of exotic pet owners did no research before buying a wild animal. The polling looked at 500 owners of exotic pets who owned wild…
Nature & Wildlife Native frog develops natural resistance to deadly chytrid fungus Our new research, however, has identified an endangered frog species that seems to have developed a natural resistance to the disease, after having previously succumbed to it in prior decades:…
Science & Environment Making sense of the brain …Humboldt Research Award and the NSW Premier’s Prize, and he has been elected a corresponding member of the prestigious Academy of Athens – only the second living Australian to achieve…
On This Day On this day: creation of the Australian Antarctic Territory …ventured into Antarctic waters in search of new sources of oil, as populations of seals and whales dwindled in Australia’s territorial waters. Exploitation gradually gave way to science, and in…
Destinations Macquarie Island: sub-Antarctic wilderness …rather than relaxation. Their ship is one of the ‘Professor Class’ Russian-built research vessels, now named The Spirit of Enderby but still crewed by a team of Russian sailors. It’s…
AG Society News Search continues for sponsorship awardee The review panel for the Nancy Bird Walton Sponsorship met on Thursday 11 February. After much discussion all members of the panel were in agreement that the project chosen should…
