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Bigger and brainier: did dingoes kill thylacines?

Direct attacks by introduced dingoes may have led to the extinction on the Australian mainland of the iconic marsupial predator, the thylacine, a new study suggests.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Study suggests new method of identifying native species

(PhysOrg.com) -- A radically new way to determine whether an introduced species has become a native species - by observing the reactions of other local species - is outlined in research by the University of ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dingo came earlier and by different route: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australia's native dog – the dingo – may have arrived here much earlier and by quite a different route than previously thought, a new study has found.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dingoes, like wolves, are smarter than pet dogs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies in the past have shown that wolves are smarter than domesticated dogs when it comes to solving spatial problems, and now new research has shown that dingoes also solve the problems ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 11, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 53 | with audio podcast report

Study challenges popular image of dingo

(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study of dingoes in the Blue Mountains challenges the postcard image of dingoes as only being white pawed and sandy coloured.

Biology /

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0