In recent years scientists have become increasingly concerned about the mid to long-term survival of many…
Nature & Wildlife
New Federal laws banning plastic waste exports welcome but won’t save wildlife
Australia’s peak marine conservation body has welcomed the passing of new Federal laws that will end…
VOICES FOR THE EARTH – Researching Remarkable Echidnas
Echidnas are truly remarkable creatures. They are remarkable as one of only two egg-laying mammals (monotremes)…
Extinctions linked to new assemblages of species
Scientists have found that as the world undergoes profound environmental change, identifying and protecting ‘novel’ communities…
Seagulls, penguins and pigeons all found carrying drug resistant superbug
Seagulls have long been associated with carriage of high levels of Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains…
Learning lessons from bushfires for koala survival
A University of Adelaide-led research project will study the clinical data of koalas injured in last…
Protect Antarctica Now: All-female scientific coalition calls for Marine Protected Area for Antarctica Peninsula
Species on the Antarctic Peninsula are threatened by climate change and human activities including commercial fishing,…
People can do more than use less plastic to help save the GBR
There are many threats to the Great Barrier Reef – cyclones, shipping, crown-of-thorns starfish – but…
Australia’s leading scientists – ‘it’s time to establish a biodiversity BOM’
With Australia failing to halt species decline and our biodiversity management systems broken, now is the…
Restoring just 15% of the world’s land could prevent 60% of extinctions
We can’t fix the whole world at once, but restoring just 15 per cent of the land…
Australian carp virus plan ‘dead in the water’?
Plans to release a virus to reduce numbers of invasive Common Carp in Australia are unlikely…
Study confirms plastics threat to South Pacific seabirds
Plastic gathered from remote corners of the South Pacific Ocean, including nesting areas of New Zealand…
Human activity has made Murray estuary more vulnerable to drought
The Murray is known to suffer acidification in its estuary in South Australia. For the first…
Western Australia’s Fitzroy River flow critical for survival of endangered sawfish
Changing water levels in Western Australia’s Fitzroy River are impacting freshwater sawfish growth and survival, new…
Tiniest kangaroo under symposium spotlight
The tiniest kangaroo – Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, which is found on rainforest floors in Australia’s wet tropics and weighs…
Animals lose fear of predators after they start living near people
Animals lose fear of predators rapidly after they start encountering humans Most wild animals show a…
Wolves have been caring for the pack for at least 1.3m years
Family care? Healed injuries suggest social behavior in ancestral wolves New specimens from Ice Age of…
Frogs Surviving the Flames: Citizen Scientists Reveal Frogs’ Initial Response to ‘Black Summer’ Bushfires
New research from the Australian Museum (AM) and UNSW Sydney published today in Conservation Science and Practise…
Blue whales change their tune when it’s breeding season
Blue whales change their tune before migrating While parsing through years of recorded blue whale songs…