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Biodiversity

What’s this mystery object?

…research team goes into the colonies each night to gently coax the chicks to discharge plastic that’s accumulated in their stomachs during their first three months of life. Among the…

Science & Environment

Aboriginal Australians co-existed with megafauna for at least 17,000 years

…so much work remains to be done. There is still a great deal to learn about Australia’s ancient megafauna. Michael Westaway is a Senior Research Fellow at the Research Centre…

Science & Environment

Why I study roadkill

…protect the elusive bird, and so Emma’s studies were greatly appealing. “There’s a growing body of research suggesting that the reduction or increase of dingo populations is linked to the…

News

Music of ancient stars reveals stellar surprise

…in random directions due to “massive turbulent motion” inside the gas cloud where they form. But this research shows the overall rotation of the “stellar nursery” cloud is transferred to…

Biodiversity

These 20 Australian reptiles are set to disappear by 2040

…But many of our reptiles are at risk of the same fate as the Christmas Island forest skink: extinction. In new research published today, we identified the 20 terrestrial snakes…

Nature & Wildlife

91-year-old Australian seastar expert Loisette Marsh publishes magnum opus and reflects on an intrepid career

…and keeping in good condition precious specimens. Loisette is among a group of women oceanographers who, prior to the 1960s, weren’t permitted on research vessels, and were resigned to studying…

Nature & Wildlife

The plight of the numbat

…video footage to show for it. When he’s not here you’ll occasionally find him searching at Dragon Rocks Nature Reserve, a declining reintroduced population about 250km to the east. At…

News

Current emissions could already warm world to dangerous levels

CURRENT GREENHOUSE GAS concentrations could warm the world 3-7°C (and on average 5°C) over coming millennia. That’s the finding of a paper published in Nature today. The research, by Carolyn…

Nature & Wildlife

Cost to save all threatened species in Australia calculated for first time

…is a Professor in Conservation Science, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland, and Josie Carwardine is a Senior Research Scientist, Environmental Research, CSIRO This article is republished from…

Nature & Wildlife

Rare footage shows 'unseen world’ of South Australia's little penguins

It is important for scientists to monitor and study this little penguin colony, to observe their behaviours and stop their numbers from declining. In our latest research project, my colleagues…

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