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Shutterstock Drones, detection dogs, poo spotting: what’s the best way to conduct Australia’s Great...
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Federal environment minister Sussan Ley this week announced A$2 million for a national audit of Australia’s koalas, as part of an A$18 million package to protect the vulnerable species.
The funding might seem like a...
Research shows whipping horses doesn’t make them run faster, straighter or safer — let’s...
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The Melbourne Cup is upon us. This year will be different due to COVID-19 — but one thing we don’t expect to change is concern about horses’ welfare, which seems to resurface each year.
Just...
Cats carry diseases that can be deadly to humans, and it’s costing Australia $6...
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Toxoplasmosis, cat roundworm and cat scratch disease are caused by pathogens that depend on cats — pets or feral — for part of their life cycle. But these diseases can be...
Photos from the field: Australia is full of lizards so I went bush to...
A lace monitor (Varanus varius) Kristian Bell,
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Though it may not be as famous a stereotype as shrimps on the barbie, deadly snakes or Vegemite, Australia is renowned in certain scientific circles for being...
Environment Minister Sussan Ley faces a critical test: will she let a mine destroy...
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In the next few weeks, federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley will decide whether to approve a New South Wales quarry expansion that will destroy critical koala breeding grounds.
The case, involving the...
Predators, prey and moonlight singing: how phases of the Moon affect native wildlife
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Humans have long been inspired and transfixed by the Moon, and as we’re discovering, moonlight can also change the behaviour of Australian wildlife.
A collection of recently published research has illuminated...
From Kangaroo Island to Mallacoota, citizen scientists proved vital to Australia’s bushfire recovery
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Following the Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20, many people throughout Australia, and across the world, wanted to know how they could help in response to the environmental disaster.
Hundreds contacted the Australian...
Summer bushfires: how are the plant and animal survivors 6 months on? We mapped...
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Australia roared into 2020 as a land on fire. The human and property loss was staggering, but the damage to nature was equally hard to fathom....
Even a microchipped pet can be lost if your data is out of date
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Pets are beloved family members.
On July 1st 2018, every state and territory of Australia (excluding the Northern Territory) enacted laws making microchipping cats and dogs compulsory.
South Australia was the latest...
Illegal hunters are a bigger problem on farms than animal activists – so why...
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This month, the Victorian government announced on-the-spot fines for trespassers on farms following an upper house inquiry into how animal activism affects agriculture.
It’s the latest in a string of new state and federal laws designed...
