Animals & Plants

Five unique species that recently went extinct

medium.com, Other, 04/10/2020, Grant Piper According to scientists, roughly 99.9% of all species to ever existed on Earth have gone […]

New report highlights market potential for lemon myrtle

Australian Food News, Other, 30/09/2020 Leading native ingredients producer Australian Native Products has announced plans for future investment in lemon […]

Feral buffaloes destroying native habitat in Arnhem Land, but plan to muster caught up in ‘red tape’

ABC Online, Other, 30/09/2020, Jon Daly Wild buffaloes are destroying Aboriginal hunting grounds and sacred sites on floodplains near the […]

Our Members, CSIRO and MLA developing new ways to control wild rabbit populations

getindustry.com.au, Other, 24/09/2020 Australia’s national science agency and Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS) member, CSIRO, is on the hunt […]

Sharks fitted with cameras to monitor, track movements floated as way to understand habits

ABC Online, Other, 24/09/2020, Tom Forbes and Sarah Cumming Shark researchers on the Gold Coast want to attach cameras to […]

We accidentally found a whole new genus of Australian daisies. You’ve probably seen them on your bushwalks

The Conversation, Other, 25/09/2020 Alexander Schmidt-Lebuhn and Ben Gooden, Research Scientist, CSIRO, Plant ecologist, CSIRO. When it comes to new […]

CSIRO aids high-def carbon study

greencareer.net.au, Other, 28/09/2020 CSIRO scientists have joined with others from 17 other countries to publish a first of its kind, […]

Whale rescue on Tasmania’s West Coast leaves lasting mark on volunteers

ABC Online, Other, 28/09/2020, Laura Beavis Trevor Norton spends most of his time restoring his 20-metre yacht Stormbreaker and taking […]

Australian whale stranding now one of the largest in recorded history

Vice, Other, 23/09/2020, Gavin Butler Nearly 500 pilot whales have been found washed up in Tasmania over the past three […]