Farmers to benefit from revitalised rabbit control method
A new more virulent virus strain (RHDV K5) set to be released this year will help WA farmers combat Australia's increasing rabbit population.
A new more virulent virus strain (RHDV K5) set to be released this year will help WA farmers combat Australia's increasing rabbit population.
Ecology
Feb 15, 2016
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Learning CPR could be the difference between life and death for your pet, as Perth continues to sweat through one of the hottest summers on record.
Plants & Animals
Feb 12, 2016
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Soils affected by wildfires undergo significant changes within one year after a fire with that same soil partially regenerating after around five years, according to a study examining how semi-arid soils recover from natural ...
Environment
Feb 8, 2016
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More than 150,000 soil samples collected over the last 30 years will be brought together this year to form the nucleus of a state soils archive to benefit student learning and agricultural research efforts.
Environment
Feb 5, 2016
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If you're faced with your own mortality you would do nearly anything to improve your chances of survival, right? So too for a species of seagrass called Posidonia australis that grows in Shark Bay.
Ecology
Feb 4, 2016
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Heavy vehicle drivers with an empty load are two-and-a-half times more likely to crash than those carrying freight.
Social Sciences
Feb 3, 2016
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While flashy collar covers saved wildlife from the clutches of Perth's domestic cats it seems the same neck attire can't stop local felines from venturing outside to rock their fashion statements.
Plants & Animals
Feb 2, 2016
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Throughout history, native wildlife has been responsible for transmitting infectious diseases to humans and domestic animals, with some of these diseases potentially posing a threat to public health and biosecurity.
Ecology
Feb 1, 2016
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Biodiversity has flourished amid the devastation left by a bushfire that tore through a section of the south-west last year, with an Albany botanist discovering a plant species in the region.
Plants & Animals
Jan 18, 2016
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Efforts to restore Shark Bay's seagrass meadows by transplanting Posidonia australis at the edge of existing meadows are being hampered because resident fish are using the new seagrass as fast food.
Ecology
Jan 18, 2016
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