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Aussie fairy-wrens learn while still inside their eggs

Research has found that female fairy-wrens sing distinctive lullabies to communicate with, and teach, their unborn chicks. The discovery of the remarkable vocalisation and embryonic learning abilities of fairy-wrens comes after more than a decade…

History & Culture

Antarctic-based Aussies take icy plunge to mark winter solstice

Antarctic-based Australian expeditioners have taken a sub-zero polar plunge to mark the winter solstice, keeping the icy tradition alive. Each year, expeditioners at Australia’s three research stations in Antarctica and on sub-Antarctic…

Nature & Wildlife

Night parrot found in Martu country, WA

…country to search for the birds, which are one of the rarest in the world (current estimates put the population at 50-250). Experts from the University of Queensland have been…

Science & Environment

Fixing the Hole in Our Sky

…up Australia’s atmospheric CFC monitoring station at Cape Grim in Tasmania in 1976 and it was samples he collected there, at the Mawson research station in Antarctica, and elsewhere that…

Biodiversity

Koalas are feeling the heat, and we need to make some tough choices to save our furry friends

…for koala recovery. Finding solutions In our research we are looking at koala recovery strategies that factor in different threats and trade-offs. In a recent study we looked at which…

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Vale John Rumney

…Barrier Reef John also established Eye to Eye Marine Encounters research and tourism operation, which also facilitates primary reef research through tourism partnerships. His endeavours supported hundreds of researchers as…

Nature & Wildlife

How to avoid and treat Australia's deadliest bites

…arm while he slept, would not be alive. After seeking medical attention quickly, he made a full recovery. And a red-back spider? From the Australian Venom Research Unit at the…

Nature & Wildlife

OPINION: Australia has failed greater gliders

…species. Our new research found that after the greater glider was listed as vulnerable to extinction under national environment law in 2016, habitat destruction actually increased in some states, driving…

History & Culture

Speaking up

…One of the linguists, Dr Jenny Green, is a research fellow at Melbourne University and has spent decades tuning in to the voices of Central Australia, working with Anmatyerre and…

Science & Environment

Sea cucumber poo to save Great Barrier Reef

SCIENTISTS AT ONE TREE ISLAND, the University of Sydney’s research station on the Great Barrier Reef, say sea cucumbers could reduce ocean acidification affecting coral growth. The experts argue that…

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