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Beyond the Barrier Reef: Australia’s 3 other World Heritage reefs are also in trouble
Victor Huertas, Author provided Kate Marie Quigley, James Cook University and Andrew Hamilton Baird, James Cook University The…
Moonlight basking and queer courting: new research reveals the secret lives of Australian freshwater turtles
Rob D the Pastry Chef, Shutterstock Deborah Bower, University of New England; Donald McKnight, James Cook University; Eric…
Australian school students are experimenting with ‘space veggies’ in a NASA initiative
Growing Beyond Earth Kim Johnson, La Trobe University A pink glow is shining on the faces of enthusiastic…
A monster eddy current is spinning into existence off the coast of Sydney. Will it bring a new marine heatwave?
Shutterstock Moninya Roughan, UNSW Sydney; Amandine Schaeffer, UNSW Sydney; Junde Li, and Shane Keating, UNSW Sydney Right now,…
Newly described enormous marsupial wandered great distances across Australia 3.5 million years ago
Jacob van Zoelen, Author provided Jacob van Zoelen, Flinders University; Aaron Camens, Flinders University, and Gavin Prideaux, Flinders…
Smoke from the Black Summer fires could have made the triple La Niña more likely
Martin Jucker, UNSW Sydney The 2019-2020 bushfire season was devastating. Vast areas of pristine forest burned, many for…
Let’s show a bit of love for the lillipilly. This humble plant forms the world’s largest genus of trees – and should be an Australian icon
Shutterstock Darren Crayn, James Cook University and Stuart Worboys, James Cook University You’re probably familiar with the sight…
Should We Count Australia as a Biogeographic Island?
After the continents that formed Pangaea spilit apart during the Cretaceous Period, the lands we would now refer…
65,000 years of food scraps found at Kakadu tell a story of resilience amid changing climate, sea levels and vegetation
May Nango sharing stories about Mamukala wetlands with her grandson, in 2015. Anna Florin (courtesy of GAC), Author…
Australia’s Miocene Fossil “Trove” Reveals Its Tropical Past
A fossil “treasure trove” located within New South Wales recently revealed its findings, with stunning specimens of fossilized…