Science & Environment
Our war against dung
Exotic dung beetles were introduced to Australia to clear away huge quantities of livestock poo. The man who proposed the idea left a legacy greater than dung beetles.
Category: Science & Environment
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UN grants Australia more time to avoid ‘in danger’ listing of Great Barrier Reef
The World Heritage Committee has given Australia more time to address major threats to the Great Barrier Reef and possibly avoid an in-danger listing.
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Busting myrtle rust
Scientists have discovered a native guava tree that appears to be resistant to invasive myrtle rust.
Science & Environment
Damping the deafening din
Noise pollution in oceans has returned to the fore as an issue thanks to a recent United Nations report on this insidious threat to marine life.
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Australia’s least wanted – 8 alien species and diseases we must keep out of our island home
Here we take a closer look at some pests and diseases we need to keep out at all costs, to protect our biodiversity.
History & Culture
Broughton’s inconvenient allure
Work is underway to conserve the natural and cultural histories of this dramatically beautiful island, just off the northern NSW coast, and to retrieve what it’s already lost.
News
Do frogs have accents?
Analysing the calls of nearly 700 frogs has given scientists new insights into frog communication.
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Python parasite pulled from Australian woman’s brain
In a world first, a parasitic roundworm commonly found in carpet pythons has been found in the brain of a human.
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Training AI to listen to Aussie wildlife is a bellow and a hoot
Australian researchers are using AI to identify the things that go bump, bellow and hoot in the night. Can you?
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Scientists begin studying bodies of whales from recent WA mass stranding
Hearts broke across Australia last month as we watched efforts to save a pod of almost 100 pilot whales stranded on a Western Australia beach eventually fail.