Animals & Plants

Incredible Invertebrates: From adaptations to discoveries

To humans, many invertebrates can seem alien and strange, or have incredible superpowers unlike any other creature on Earth. In […]

Tanzania roles out plans on managing its Octopus

News Ghana, Other, 12/05/2024, Roger A. Agana Tanzania, a major octopus producer in the Indian Ocean, is working on a […]

Grey-headed flying foxes camping in new locations across Victoria in search of food, habitats

ABC Online, Other, 26/04/2024, Jeremy Lee and Rhiannon Stevens After learning grey-headed flying foxes had taken up residence in a […]

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 […]