Animals & Plants

WA coast caught in what’s believed to be the most prolonged marine heatwave in a decade

ABC Online, Other, 20/02/2021 Western Australia's vast coastline is baring the brunt of the La Nina weather pattern, with unusually […]

Scared of wasps? CSIRO researcher Juanita Rodriguez explains their benefits

ABC Online, Other, 17/02/2021 There are thousands of wasp species in Australia including native wasps and recent arrivals. Dr Juanita […]

CSIRO Identifies Plants Most at Risk After Black Summer Megafires

AZoCleantech, Other, 16/02/2021 Australia’s 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires severely impacted hundreds of plant species. Post-fire recovery of wet sclerophyll forest […]

The new battleplan to fight feral cats and save our native species

The Courier Mail, Other, 13/02/2021, Jessica Marszalek Quite frankly, we need to cull more of them. CSIRO is currently working […]

What a gas: Seaweed diet to cut cow emissions

Toowoomba Chronicle, Other, 14/02/2021 A supplied video news package from USC obtained on August 15 about the university's work on […]

COVID-19, Hendra and SARS: How scientists trace viruses through animals to their source

ABC Online, Other, 10/02/2021, Belinda Smith The first mission to Wuhan in search of the source of SARS-CoV-2 the virus […]

Controlling Cane Toads through genetic editing

ABC Online, Other, 08/02/2021 CRISPR, the genetic editing technology taking science by storm. Mark Tizard, Team Leader and Principal Research […]

Saving the Last Handfish

Ocean Geographic Society, Other, 03/02/2021 I vividly recall uncovering my first Red Handfish from beneath a tangled mess of seaweed. […]

Invasive species put under spotlight in photo competition

Stock Journal Australia, Other, 02/02/2021, Vanessa Binks This year's Centre for Invasive Species Solutions Feral Photo and Video competition is […]