License to krill: WA hotspot good news for ocean dwellers
The waters off Western Australia are home to 40 per cent of the world’s krill species, a Murdoch University research project has revealed. PhD student Dr Alicia Sutton spent...
Environment
Golden insects collaborate to warn off predators
A group of insects who mimick the golden sheen of other unpalatable insects in order to warn off predators...
Bees forage less in degraded environments
Bees in degraded landscapes have lower metabolic rates, forage less and have lower nectar intakes than those in pristine...
‘Identifly’ app highlights dragonfly diversity
A new app will help identify some of the Northern Territory’s most spectacular flying insects.
Logging could lead to Leadbeater’s Possum extinction
This and other species will become extinct within about 30 years unless clear-fell logging stops in Victoria’s Mountain Ash...
Microplastics leave fish unfazed, but human health risk remains
While pollutant-coated microplastics can accumulate in fish, the ingestion of these pollutants does not appear to influence their behaviour....
New evidence shows how solar system formed
New computer models and evidence from meteorites show that a low-mass supernova triggered the formation of our solar system
How whales lost their teeth
A fossil whale called Alfred helps explain how the world’s biggest animals made the evolutionary switch to filter feeding.
Smart plants can learn new habits
Study shows plants are capable of associative learning, an ability thought to be exclusive to animals.
Out-of-place fish warn of climate change impacts
New study reveals that early stages of species range shift correlate with warming oceans.