Sad scenes are unfolding in Western Australia after a pod of pilot whales became stranded on a beach late on Tuesday. According to the latest reports, 51 of the whales have died. Some 46 remain beached and authorities are ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 26, 2023
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A nutrient-rich product discovered in honeybee hives across Australia could generate a new homegrown health industry.
Biochemistry
Jul 21, 2023
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NASA's first-ever launch from a commercial site outside of the United States blasted off from Australia's Outback late Sunday, in a "historic" moment for the country's space industry.
Space Exploration
Jun 27, 2022
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Australia on Wednesday abandoned its fight to eradicate the destructive Varroa mite, an invasive parasite responsible for the collapse of honeybee populations across the planet.
Ecology
Sep 20, 2023
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The unusual breeding history of the Earth's largest living lizard—the Komodo dragon—has been laid bare in a new study from The Australian National University.
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2021
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For the first time, researchers in Australia have documented insecticide resistance in field-collected populations of bluegreen aphids, Acyrthosiphon kondoi—a worldwide pest of pulses and other legume crops.
Evolution
Jan 17, 2024
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New research from the Museums Victoria Research Institute has turned upside down our previous understanding of the evolution of the largest animals ever––baleen whales.
Plants & Animals
Dec 24, 2023
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Most Australians are familiar with the cute, nectar-loving sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps), a marsupial denizen of forests in eastern and northern Australia.
Plants & Animals
Jul 17, 2020
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A new species of snake has been identified for the first time by a team of researchers from the University of Adelaide, the South Australian Museum and the Western Australian Museum.
Plants & Animals
Jul 19, 2023
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Those melancholy tunes sung by humpback whales may really be a sign of loneliness.
Plants & Animals
Feb 19, 2023
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