Biodiversity Tasmanian devil cull won't save the species …spread of Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD). Nick Beeton of the Univeristy of Tasmania and Professor Hamish McCallum of Griffith University tested models of more aggressive culling, but the…
Science & Environment Fish dish out punishment to fit the crime …of their misconduct. Co-author of the research Dr Lexa Grutter, a marine biologist from the University of Queensland, told Australian Geographic the study is the first to demonstrate measured discipline…
Science & Environment Free-floating planets found unbound to stars …a search that looked for objects ranging between 10 and 500 astronomical units (AU) from a star. The AU is a standard measurement comprising the span between Earth and the…
Science & Environment Exploding watermelons pose hazard in China …coverage of food safety scandals has become more aggressive in recent months, an apparent sign that the government has realised it needs help policing the troubled food industry. The CCTV…
Science & Environment Lizards found to send secret signals SOME LIZARDS DISPLAY BOLD and conspicuous signs of aggression, flaring their frills, dancing or standing on two legs to scare off competitors, but one species prefers more clandestine communication, new…
News Koalas' brutish bellows are all for love …in distress, to aggressively confront the competing male. Circular breathing In animals, the length of the vocal tract is a good indicator of body size; however, male koalas are able…
News Tasmanian tigers brought to life …Land Company also lobbied for a thylacine bounty – its success accelerated the Tasmanian tigers’ extinction. “The Van Diemen’s Land Company certainly thought thylacines were killing their sheep,” Nic says….
Nature & Wildlife Fish create 'mosquito nets' to fend off parasites …turns that idea on its head. Alexandra and her student Jennifer Rumney report evidence that the fish use the cocoons to guard themselves against aggressive aquatic parasites, protecting against blood-borne…
Biodiversity Fossils clues may save endangered marsupial …been common throughout Australia’s lowland rainforests. “Everywhere we’ve found fossils of these species of miniature possums it’s always been in lowland rainforest – in Central Australia and the Simpson Desert…
Science & Environment Ozone layer on the mend, says report …persist even longer and may even be aggravated by climate change, the report says. Scientists are still getting to grips with the complex interaction between ozone depletion and global warming,…
