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Wombat AI: software deployed to track native animals

Wombat AI: software deployed to track native animals

Tasmanian devils, eastern quolls, fallow deer and other wild animals are being tracked using artificial intelligence to free up conservationists' time.

Rapid melting of 'sleeping giant' Antarctic glacier

Rapid melting of 'sleeping giant' Antarctic glacier

Rapid melting of 'sleeping giant' Antarctic glacier

Rapid melting of 'sleeping giant' Antarctic glacier

Australia's icebreaker will soon depart on its maiden dedicated scientific voyage to study one of the largest glaciers in Antarctica.

Fears for fluffy mouse as threatened species list grows

Fears for fluffy mouse as threatened species list grows

Fears for fluffy mouse as threatened species list grows

Fears for fluffy mouse as threatened species list grows

More Australian animals have been added to the international red list of threatened species, sounding the alarm here in Australia and around the world.

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'Not if but when': Antarctic preparations for avian flu

'Not if but when': Antarctic preparations for avian flu

Scientists are preparing for the possibility a deadly strain of avian influenza arrives in Australia's Antarctic territories as soon as spring.

Maggot-munching goannas can help sheep with flystrike

Maggot-munching goannas can help sheep with flystrike

Australia's giant lizards can reduce flystrike in sheep by clearing maggot-ridden animal carcasses from the landscape, according to Australian and UK research.

Dodging polar bears and scoffing butter on Arctic trek

Dodging polar bears and scoffing butter on Arctic trek

A glaciologist from subtropical Queensland is about to embark on an epic Arctic trek that combines science, adventure and an obscene amount of butter.

Drones being used to protect Antarctic biodiversity

Drones being used to protect Antarctic biodiversity

Scientists are surveying remote areas of Antarctica with drones, hoping to protect plants and animals in the fragile ecosystems in the face of climate change.

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'Fascinating': red crabs marching on Christmas Island

'Fascinating': red crabs marching on Christmas Island

'Fascinating': red crabs marching on Christmas Island

'Fascinating': red crabs marching on Christmas Island

Tens of millions of red crabs are scurrying to the coast of Christmas Island, in one of the world's most colourful annual mass migrations.

Croc block - traditional medicine provides pain relief

Croc block - traditional medicine provides pain relief

Croc block - traditional medicine provides pain relief

Croc block - traditional medicine provides pain relief

When John Watson lost his finger to a crocodile he treated the pain with traditional medicine from the Kimberley, which his people are working to commercialise.

Nature the big loser as scientists face suppression

Nature the big loser as scientists face suppression

Nature the big loser as scientists face suppression

Nature the big loser as scientists face suppression

Government suppression of good science is hampering the fight to address the biodiversity crisis gripping the planet, an Australian expert says.

First languages give names to newly discovered lizards

First languages give names to newly discovered lizards

First languages give names to newly discovered lizards

First languages give names to newly discovered lizards

Four species of sand dragon lizards native to southern Australia have been found and named using traditional languages of the country they were discovered on.

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