Mixing between species reduces vulnerability to climate change
Genetic diversity is the raw material that enables populations to evolve in response to changes in the environment – essentially, the more diversity the better. Rapid […]
Modelling shows interrupted river flows endanger frogs
Flooding in the Murray-Darling Basin is creating ideal breeding conditions for many native species that have evolved to take advantage of the temporary conditions. Australian scientists […]
Farmers and scientists unite for pint-sized pygmies
Fifty-two pygmy bluetongue lizards have been released on a farm in a southern area of the mid-north, 90km north of Adelaide, as part of a $400,000 […]
Grim prognosis – we’re on track for a ghastly future
An international group of 17 leading scientists have produced a comprehensive yet concise assessment of the state of civilisation, warning that the outlook is more dire […]
People and climate led to megafauna extinction
The mystery of the role of people and climate in the fate of Australian megafauna might have been solved, in a newly published breakthrough study. ‘Megafauna’, giant […]
Losing species risks domino extinction
New research reveals the extinction of plant or animal species from extreme environmental change increases the risk of an “extinction domino effect” that could annihilate all […]
Egg hunt to find Ice Age parents
The hunt is on to find the rightful parents of a fossil egg that reputedly belongs to an extinct ancient bird from the Australian Ice Age.
Bees nearly joined the dinosaurs
The cataclysmic events that wiped out the land dinosaurs some 65 million years ago also caused widespread extinction in bees, Flinders University research has found.
Global warming could kill off snails
Climate change models must be reworked in a bid to save some of the world’s smallest and slimiest creatures from extinction, a Flinders University researcher warns.