Science subject and location tags
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Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Backyard birds Brush turkeys have got a bad reputation, but there are good reasons to admire - if not love - this native bird.
Tuesday, 15 November 2016
Kelp killers The southerly migration of voracious tropical fish and urchins are threatening kelp forests along the east coast of Australia, while marine heatwaves and pollution are taking their toll in the south and west, two separate studies have found.
Friday, 9 September 2016
Human footprint Planet Earth has lost one tenth it's area of wilderness since 1993 - an area equivalent to half of Australia, according to a new study.
Friday, 26 August 2016
Love in a torrent Some frogs have evolved ultrasonic mating calls so they can be heard above the background rumble of the fast-flowing streams they depend on, say researchers.
Friday, 8 July 2016
Warming oceans Great swathes of the temperate kelp forests on Western Australia's reefs that underpin tourism and fisheries industries worth billion annually are gone.
Thursday, 7 July 2016
Indigenous science Where Western science meets Indigenous knowledge to care for billabongs.
Thursday, 21 April 2016
Carbon fertilisation Rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have increased plant growth across the planet over the past three decades, a new study has found.
Friday, 18 March 2016
Wildlife warriors Drones can provide a more precise way of monitoring nesting seabird colonies than traditional methods used in wildlife conservation, according to a new Australian study.
Tuesday, 15 March 2016
Enigmatic patterns The chance discovery of 'fairy circles' in Western Australia's Pilbara region is providing new insight into one of nature's enduring puzzles.
Thursday, 10 March 2016
Dingoes rule Hybridising with dogs is unlikely to lead to dingoes changing their skull shape or losing their status as the top predator in the Australian ecology, researchers say.
Thursday, 4 February 2016
Land management The use of fire by Aborigines to modify their environment had little if any impact on the natural erosion processes that shaped parts of south-eastern Australia, a new study has found.
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Borneo Burning NASA's Aqua satellite captures images of the heavy smoke from fires set by Indonesian farmers which are continuing to blanket Borneo and many surrounding regions.
Monday, 12 October 2015
Super ants Ants in Australia's semi-arid areas routinely carry seeds half their size over distances of 50 metres, and in some cases hundreds of metres, new research has found.
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Wildlife herpes Around a third of wild Australian marsupials, and nearly half of wild wombats, have active herpes virus infections, suggests the largest study of its kind.
Friday, 28 August 2015
Tropical songbirds raise smaller families giving their chicks the best chance of surviving the perils of flying the coop, say researchers.