Underground ‘rave’ a sign soil is happy
Barely audible to human ears, healthy soils produce a cacophony of sounds in many forms – a bit like an underground rave concert of bubbles and […]
Rare rodent adapts to noxious weed
In a twist to the native animal survival story, new research shows that a threatened rodent that only survives on offshore islands prefers one of Australia’s […]
Best way to breed frogs in captivity
Frogs belong to a group of animals called amphibians – the most endangered group of species on the planet. Two out of every five amphibian species […]
Deep dive into the microbial life of sharks
Loss of habitat and human activities such as fishing and shipping pose a grave threat to wildlife but diseases driven by the smallest organisms in the […]
Little penguins pushed to the brink
The latest floods have drowned out memories of drought in many parts of Australia, but ecosystems and native species are still battling with the effects of […]
Sizing up rodent mating evolution
A new study has found the distribution of females in 33 species of Australian rodents affects the evolution of testes size of males in these social […]
Better gauge of dry river flows
A new study identifies gaps in data on streams around the world, highlighting potential priorities for future installation of monitoring tools. The US-led international research – […]
Give our wildlife a holiday, too
Flinders University ecologists are calling on summer holiday-goers to not interfere with wildlife and damage habitats, notably for shy animals such as little penguins. A new […]
Bushfire bees on the brink
The number of threatened Australian native bee species is expected to increase by nearly five times after the devastating Black Summer bushfires in 2019-20, according to […]