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We're going on a beetle hunt
This is a story about what it's like to tackle an entirely new problem, so nothing is easy. Not even catching some beetles.
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Disability advocate Marcus Dadd: ‘I hope I can inspire people to chase their dreams’
Fenner graduate and disability advocate Marcus Dadd has a passion for inclusive and sustainable practices in agriculture.
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Australia’s summer weather heats up
Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick gives us the run down of what is expected to be Australia's hottest hummer on record.
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Indigenous Protected Areas have grown to protect more than half of Australia’s conservation estate, combining Traditional Owner stewardship, cultural knowledge and modern science to safeguard nature for future generations.
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As scientists uncover thousands of previously unknown species, surprising new biodiversity hotspots are emerging from Australia to the Andes, reshaping our understanding of where Earth's richest wildlife lives and why protecting it has never been more urgent.
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Researchers have mapped the hidden routes of Mexico's illegal parrot trade, using almost 30 years of data to predict trafficking hotspots.
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An Indigenous community in Indonesia has found a way to protect one of the world's rarest cockatoos without abandoning a centuries-old sacred tradition, offering a new model for conservation.
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The first scientific study of southern greater gliders overturns a decades-old belief about how far Australia's largest gliding marsupial can really glide, with important implications for conservation.
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New research funded by the Australian Government’s Saving Native Species program has revealed alarming levels of inbreeding among the last remaining populations of the King Island scrubtit, a critically endangered songbird found nowhere else on Earth – but has also charted a path to save it through genetic rescue
- Analysis and opinion
George Wilson argues that if we value our native wildlife, we should monitor their numbers systemically.
- Analysis and opinion
Record-breaking temperatures are making headlines, but the hidden danger is humidity.
- Analysis and opinion
The media helps shape who society sees as experts. Showing more women as experts in science stories helps address systemic inequities against women in science and in society.