Tigers confirmed as six subspecies, and that is a big deal for conservation
Oct 28, 2018 13:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
During my time as a zookeeper I had the privilege of working with both Sumatran and Amur tigers. If they did not both have stripes, you would think they were different species altogether. The Sumatran tiger is the...
Ancient fish evolved in shallow seas – the very places humans threaten today
Oct 28, 2018 13:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
You walk and talk and live on land, but your ancient relatives were fish. It took about 480 million years for these fish to evolve and adapt to different environments and become the many different back-boned species...
Government to set up new multi-billion Future Drought Fund
Oct 28, 2018 13:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Nature
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will announce a Future Drought Fund, that will grow to $5 billion over a decade, at Fridays national drought summit. The fund is to provide support against future droughts, helping primary...
Imagining your own SeaChange – how media inspire our great escapes
Oct 28, 2018 12:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Many Australians dream about moving to the country, escaping the city for good. We might have grown up watching television shows such as All Creatures Great and Small. More recently, we might have tuned in to McLeods...
The rise of sponges in Anthropocene reef ecosystems
Oct 28, 2018 12:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Coral reefs across the world have been altered dramatically in recent decades. Human activities have contributed to mass coral die-offs in tropical oceans. The degradation of reef-building corals is expected to worsen...
How we discovered a new species of the 'missing link' between dinosaurs and birds
Oct 26, 2018 09:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Perhaps one of the worlds best known fossils is Archaeopteryx. With its beautifully preserved feathers, it has long been regarded as the first bird in the fossil record, and is often called the icon of evolution. Only a...
How many people helped Alfred Russel Wallace?
Oct 26, 2018 07:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Naturalist Alfred Russel Wallaces collecting expedition in Southeast Asia between 1854 and 1862 is rightly famous. His historic discoveries remain important today. These discoveries include the greatest division between...
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