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Channel millet (Echinochloa turneriana). Chris Haikings

July 16, 2026

Aboriginal people harvested this native grass for millennia. Scientists have now found an odd trait in its DNA

Michael Westaway, The University of Queensland; Jennifer Silcock, The University of Queensland; Rahul Chandora, The University of Queensland; Robert Henry, The University of Queensland; Sammi Blinco, Indigenous Knowledge, and Shawnee Gorringe, Indigenous Knowledge

Natural selection may not be the only force that has contributed to the evolution of channel millet’s unusual genetics.

Indigenous Rangers pointing to damaged rock art. Left to right: William Campbell, Meryl Gurruwiwi, Aron Thorn, Marcus Lacey, Djorri Gurruwiwi. Jarrad Kowlessar/courtesy of Gumurr Marthakal Indigenous Rangers

September 18, 2022

From crumbling rock art to exposed ancestral remains, climate change is ravaging our precious Indigenous heritage

Anna M. Kotarba-Morley, Flinders University; Enid Tom, Indigenous Knowledge; Marcus Lacey, Indigenous Knowledge, and Shawnee Gorringe, Indigenous Knowledge

Cyclones, floods and other climate change-linked events are threatening Indigenous heritage tens of thousands of years old. Unless we act, they’ll be gone for good.

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