The UN's cultural agency UNESCO welcomed on Tuesday commitments from Australia to protect the Great Barrier Reef, with the government pledging 4.4 billion Australian dollars ($2.9 billion) to safeguard the natural wonder.
Ecology
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A team of marine biologists and oceanologists from The University of Western Australia and Ocean Park Aquarium, also in Australia, has tracked a juvenile tiger shark in the open ocean after its release from two years in captivity. ...
A locally found pathogenic fungus, Beauveria australis, has for the first time been observed infecting imported dung beetles in Australia.
Ecology
Jun 2, 2023
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The Atlas of Australian Mine Waste was launched this week by Geoscience Australia in partnership with RMIT and University of Queensland researchers and geological surveys across the country.
Earth Sciences
Jun 1, 2023
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Australia's dingo fence is an internationally renowned mega-structure. Stretching more than 5,600 kilometers, it was completed in the 1950s to keep sheep safe from dingoes. But it also inadvertently protects some native species.
Evolution
Jun 1, 2023
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New Curtin University research has identified the most carbon-rich soils in Australia are in areas that are most threatened by human activities and climate change, including Eucalypt and mangrove forests, and woodland and ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 1, 2023
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Leading Charles Darwin University (CDU) environmental microbiology researchers have presented research focused on understanding tropical rock oysters and Vibrios and the implications for food safety and human health at an ...
Ecology
May 31, 2023
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Archaeologists at Flinders University have identified rare images of Moluccan vessels from Indonesia's eastern islands in rock art paintings that may provide the first archaeological evidence of visitors from Southeast Asia ...
Archaeology
May 31, 2023
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One of Australia's first long-distance walkers has been described after Flinders University paleontologists used advanced 3D scans and other technology to take a new look at the partial remains of a 3.5 million year old marsupial ...
Paleontology & Fossils
May 30, 2023
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Wild dingo populations have less dog lineage, with a significantly greater proportion of pure dingoes than previously thought, according to new research, challenging the view that pure dingoes are on the decline due to crossbreeding.
Ecology
May 30, 2023
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