History & Culture An endless quest: the search for the Tasmanian tiger …Aside from these many one-off witnesses, there are a number of dedicated tiger-seekers, both in Tasmania and on the mainland, who spend a lot of money and time searching for…
Science & Environment What it will take to rescue the Great Barrier Reef …was a research team from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) whose aim was to collect coral colonies that had survived mass bleaching for laboratory research back at the…
History & Culture Moreton Bay, the bay of plenty …research on dolphin behaviour, particularly communication, at Tangalooma in 2001. These days she’s working on the Moreton Bay Dolphin Research Project, established in 2014 in partnership with the Queensland Department…
News Bushfire research improves prediction …time to fires and therefore a reduction in the damage they cause,” he says. The research, which was carried out in conjunction with the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre and the…
News How captivity affects the brain size of animals …Dickman, an ecologist at the University of Sydney agrees that the research could help improve the success of reintroducing small mammals like the dunnart, and conservation in general. “Reintroductions are…
News The 2016 Eureka Prizes showcase the best in Australian science …This is the ultimate ambition behind the research of the 2016 UNSW Eureka Prize for Scientific Research winners, which was awarded to Melissa Little and Minoru Takasato from the Murdoch…
News Shark cull planned for popular WA beaches …continuing shark tagging programs, including the use of GPS tracking systems, while $2 million will go into a research fund over four years. Tim welcomed the research funding. “If we…
Wildlife Relax, shark numbers aren't booming …is arguably the best way to prepare. Recent research from James Cook University has generated insights into the “secret lives” of bull sharks, as has research on white shark movements…
News Nets bad news for migrating dugongs …Scientists suspected dugongs migrated close to the shoreline, but it was impossible to establish before recent technological advances. “The new technology has greatly reduced the time that the tag has…
News Sea turtle orientation mystery revealed …University in Queensland discovered this phenomenon after tracking the movements of 22 green turtles that had been displaced from their home range. The scientists captured and tagged the turtles in…
