How rainforest fish adapt to habitat
The future of freshwater fish species in Australia’s tropical rainforest areas, including the Daintree and Mosman Gorge, will increasingly be subject to the vagaries of climatic […]
Satellite tracking supports blue whale survival
Extensive satellite tracking has revealed important new knowledge about the little known pygmy blue whale population of Southern Australia. Marine scientists from Flinders University, Australian Marine […]
Sea turtles like it local
New research has revealed how an endangered turtle capable of traversing big distances to find a mate may not do so due to seasonal ocean currents. […]
Yellow belly the focus of World Wetlands Day
Flinders’ ecologists have discovered that the DNA of Australia’s wetland fish may hold the ‘golden key’ to saving them from climate change. A team led by Professor […]
Captive breeding for ‘swingers’ helps conservation programs
Researchers at Flinders have created SWINGER, computer software with an algorithm that uses information from DNA to match-make endangered animals for captive breeding.
New study maps currents and marine animal movement
A new Flinders University study shows that coastal ocean currents in parts of southern Australia have a major bearing on marine animal movement.
Sea turtle’s DNA records human exploitation
Endangered and iconic sea turtles have a record in their DNA pointing to loss of genetic diversity caused by recent human exploitation.
$1.3 million for Flinders research
Flinders University projects have received more than $1.3 million in Australian Research Council Linkage funding announced today by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr.