Officially endangered: Critical environmental research saving Western Australia's precious peatlands
On National Threatened Species Day 2023, the Australian Government declared the Empodisma peatlands of southwestern Australia endangered.
On National Threatened Species Day 2023, the Australian Government declared the Empodisma peatlands of southwestern Australia endangered.
Ecology
Sep 15, 2023
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Until recently, mistletoes were regarded as problematic pests across Australia. They were seen as having been introduced from elsewhere, exploiting helpless trees and driving their premature demise.
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2023
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A team of researchers, engineers and technicians has developed a "SMART box" to power the world's largest radio telescope.
Astronomy
Sep 11, 2023
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Tom Hardy and his Marvel character Venom have given their names to a newly-discovered Australian spider. The genus Venomius and its only current species Venomius tomhardyi were described following an expedition to Tasmania.
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2023
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Do you buy plants online? You might be breaking the law without even knowing it.
Plants & Animals
Sep 8, 2023
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A small team of evolutionary biologists at Flinders University, in Australia, working with one colleague from the University of Salford in the U.K. and another from the University of California, Los Angeles, has found fossilized ...
Invasive alien species are driving biodiversity loss and extinctions in every country, all over the world.
Ecology
Sep 4, 2023
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With their outsized ears and fluffy fur, rabbits are often seen as cute and harmless. Yet the creature is behind one of the globe's most harmful biological invasions, ravaging Australia, whose efforts to limit the problem ...
Ecology
Sep 4, 2023
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An icebreaker is on its way from Australia to an Antarctic research station to rescue an expeditioner suffering from a medical condition, the government said on Saturday.
Earth Sciences
Sep 3, 2023
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A new University of Michigan-led study finds that farmers in India have adapted to warming temperatures by intensifying the withdrawal of groundwater used for irrigation. If the trend continues, the rate of groundwater loss ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 1, 2023
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