Animals & Plants

Punk beetle’s chance discovery in Lamington National Park almost disregarded as bird poo

ABC Online, Other, 21/03/2024, Mark Rigby Sporting tufts of spiky white hair and resembling a geriatric punk rocker, a newly […]

Gray-headed flying-fox population is stable—10 years of monitoring reveals this threatened species is doing well

PhysOrg, Other, 25/03/2024 Flying foxes, or fruit bats, are familiar to many Australians. So it may come as a surprise […]

Crocodile study challenges assumptions of far-ranging behaviour finding Queensland crocs stay closer to home

ABC Online, Other, 19/03/2024, Chloe Chomicki & Georgia Loney "Redefining" research on Queensland crocodiles has found the majority remain closer […]

Rabbits cost ag $239 million annually

Rural Business Magazine, Other, 14/03/2024 Rabbits cost ag $239 million annually Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, is calling on rural […]

Rock lobster counting continues a 55-year project that reliably predicts its $400 million per year future

ABC Online, Other, 15/03/2024, Joanna Prendergast Fishing is a game of risk and reward the world over, but off the […]

French flies to help south coast farmers in fight against snails

West Australian, Other, 15/03/2024, Olivia Ford A biocontrol program using Australian-bred parasitoid flies is the new line of defence against […]

Discovered in the deep: tiny ‘sucker-bum squid’ with martial arts moves

The Guardian, Other, 11/03/2024, Helen Scales The two species of pygmy squid the size of a fingernail live on Japanese […]

Ag partners and new technology sought for big biosecurity campaign

The Land Australia, Other, 06/03/2024, Andrew Marshall After a run of nationally significant biosecurity breaches, including Queensland's fire ant advance […]

Invasive bees defy logic to build 10,000 colony strong population

Queensland Country Life, Other, 02/03/2024 Invasive Asian honeybees have defied evolutionary expectations and established a thriving population in North Queensland […]