For most of Australia's human past sea levels were lower than they are today. Australia's mainland was connected to Papua New Guinea and Tasmania as part of a larger landmass called "Sahul".
Ecology
Oct 21, 2022
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A new species of shark that "walks" along the seabed using its fins as tiny legs has been discovered in eastern Indonesia, an environmental group said Friday.
Plants & Animals
Aug 30, 2013
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Indonesian officials said on Friday they have rescued more than 8,000 baby pig-nosed turtles hidden in suitcases and thought to be destined for China and Singapore.
Ecology
Jan 10, 2014
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One of the largest living birds, the Southern Cassowary, has a simple throat structure similar to the fellow Australian emu. Now new research confirms a common link between the cassowary and small flighted South American ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2020
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The first large-scale genetic study of people in Papua New Guinea has shown that different groups within the country are genetically highly different from each other. Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and ...
Biotechnology
Sep 14, 2017
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A giant kangaroo that once roamed on four legs through remote forests in the Papua New Guinea Highlands may have survived as recently as 20,000 years ago—long after large-bodied megafauna on mainland Australia went extinct, ...
Ecology
Oct 7, 2022
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A new study has highlighted underprepared regions across the world most at risk of the devastating effects of scorching temperatures.
Environment
Apr 26, 2023
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Ask any anthropologist what they do and they will find it hard to give you a direct answer.
Social Sciences
May 3, 2016
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For more than a decade, invasive Asian honeybees have defied evolutionary expectations and established a thriving population in North Queensland, much to the annoyance of the honey industry and biosecurity officials.
Evolution
Feb 29, 2024
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The banana has its earliest origins in Papua New Guinea, where it was domesticated by indigenous communities at least 7,000 years ago. This ancestor, Musa acuminata, subspecies Banksii, looks very different from the ubiquitous ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 6, 2020
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