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In search of the world’s largest freshwater fish – the wonderfully weird giants lurking in Earth’s rivers
Alligator gar can grow to gargantuan sizes. Zeb Hogan Stefan Lovgren, University of Nevada, Reno Rivers have been…
Glide poles: the great Aussie invention helping flying possums cross the road
Anom Harya, Shutterstock Brendan Taylor, Southern Cross University Next time you’re road-tripping along the east coast, keep an…
An expert explains the stranding of 97 pilot whales in WA and their mysterious ‘huddling’ before the tragedy
Kate Sprogis, The University of Western Australia Sad scenes are unfolding in Western Australia after a pod of…
Aphid Infestations Threaten Monarch Butterfly Conservation, New Study Finds
A new research paper from the University of Florida, published in PLOS ONE, reveals that aphids, commonly known…
Wildlife wonders of Britain and Ireland before the industrial revolution – my research reveals all the biodiversity we’ve lost
The extinction of the wolf in Britain was widely celebrated as an achievement towards the creation of a…
New Research Shows Natural Substance Shields Coral from Climate Change Damage
In a groundbreaking study published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, scientists from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia…
Orphaned Elephants in Botswana Help Unlock the Secrets of Mammoth Hybrids
US biotech startup Colossal is pursuing an ambitious mission to revive the extinct woolly mammoth, which hasn’t walked…
Offshore windfarms could offer new habitats for lobsters – new research
The European lobster (Homarus gammarus) Dave M Hunt Photography/Shutterstock Harry Thatcher, Aberystwyth University and David Wilcockson, Aberystwyth University…
The world’s fish are shrinking as the climate warms. We’re trying to figure out why
Marius Masalar / Unsplash Timothy Clark, Deakin University Fish are the most diverse group of vertebrates, ranging from…
Marine species are being pushed towards the poles. From dugong to octopuses, here are 8 marine species you might spot in new places
Shutterstock Gretta Pecl, University of Tasmania; Curtis Champion, Southern Cross University, and Zoe Doubleday, University of South Australia…