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We may be in the middle of an insect mass extinction. The once abundant Rocky Mountain locust was last seen in 1902. Under the Mikheyev Group, Peiyu Yuan used data from a related extant locust species and comparative genomics to identify artifacts in museum data of the Rocky Mountain locust.
Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered several new species of butterflies and moths in Northern Australia, identifying a conservation stronghold of national and international significance.
Alexandra Catling indulges in her passion for scientific research on a trip to south east Asian forests. And discovers leeches.
Fairy wrens can learn to recognise the alarm calls of other species.
Seaweed plays an important role in coral reef biodiversity, with an important role in the lifecycle of several fishes.
The amazing diversity we see in Australian animal developed early and has slowed considerably in the last 10 million years, say Ian Brennan and Scott Keogh from the ANU Research School of Biology.
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While the path by which a scientific advance is made is not particularly relevant to science itself, the path is everything for practicing scientists.
Australian native plants are remarkably tolerant to a wide range of environmental conditions in which they grow.
Bushrocks provide critical habitat for reptiles and are a common feature in agricultural landscapes. Despite this, there is limited quantitative evidence describing the use of bushrock by biodiversity and its conservation significance in landscapes.
Rust fungi are a diverse group of plant pathogens consisting of over 8,000 species in the Basidiomycete order Pucciniales. They parasitise numerous plants of agricultural and ecological importance, such as cereals, legumes, and trees.
Movement is a fundamental part of life for most animals, allowing them to access food or mates and facilitating escape from predators.