The four-year treasure hunt for the hoodwinker sunfish
, Murdoch University
, Murdoch University
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2017
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Rosie, like a real-life Babe, ran away from an organic piggery when she was only a few days old. She was found wandering in a car park, highly agitated, by a family who took her home and made her their live-in pet. However, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 24, 2017
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Astronomers have used an Australian radio telescope to observe molecular signatures from stars, gas and dust in our galaxy, which could lead to the detection of complex molecules that are precursors to life.
Astronomy
Jul 24, 2017
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A roar rings out as a small, white robot wins a tussle for the ball and kicks it into the goal.
Robotics
Jul 21, 2017
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Coral reefs are our most diverse marine habitat. They provide over US$30 billion to the world economy every year and directly support over 500 million people. However, they are vulnerable with climate change impact models ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2017
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The world's most extensive study of a major storm front striking the coast has revealed a previously unrecognised danger from climate change: as storm patterns fluctuate, waterfront areas once thought safe are likely to be ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2017
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For three years, Tara Djokic, a Ph.D. student at the University of New South Wales Sydney, scoured the forbidding landscape of the Pilbara region of Western Australia looking for clues to how ancient microbes could have produced ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 18, 2017
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It is a bright, hot morning in mid-May on the Oak Ridge Reservation. A wildlife camera trap is hidden in the tall grass, passively waiting for a passerby, when a thin, exotic-looking bird walks into the frame.
Ecology
Jul 3, 2017
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Land clearing is accelerating across eastern Australia, despite our new research providing a clear warning of its impacts on the Great Barrier Reef, regional and global climate, and threatened native wildlife.
Environment
Jun 20, 2017
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A multi-billion dollar bidding war for most of Rio Tinto's Australian coal mines has broken out between China-backed Yancoal and Glencore after the Swiss commodities giant made an unexpected offer.
Environment
Jun 11, 2017
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