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A major new study explains why you won’t find kangaroos, koalas and other Aussie marsupials in Indonesia, but you will find many groups of animals that originated in Asia, such as goannas, rodents and kookaburras in Australia.
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Professor Yong-Ling Ruan and his colleagues have made a breakthrough that could yield tastier and healthier fruit.
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While Australia is the last continent to be invaded by the vorroa mite, it has an opportunity to be the first to eradicate it.
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Until recently we had very little idea when butterflies evolved, and hypotheses concerning their place of origin were largely educated guesses.
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A new study shows that we can use existing conservation data to predict which currently unthreatened species could become threatened and take proactive action to prevent their decline before it is too late.
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As the urgency for climate solutions increases globally, Westpac Scholars Trust supports successful scholars to research to solve some of Australia’s greatest environmental challenges.
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Superb fairy-wrens are more likely to take risks to help members of their close social circle, according to a new study.
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Dolphins and net-casting fishers in Brazil catch more fish by working together, a new study by an international team of researchers has shown.
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Scientists from ANU are drawing inspiration from plants to develop new techniques to separate and extract valuable minerals, metals and nutrients from resource-rich wastewater.