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An extinct koala species has been discovered in Western Australia. Climate change 28,000 years ago erased its habitat.
Biologists think tropical animals can’t really adapt when the environment changes – a new study challenges that view.
Reptile armour has a wild backstory.
In stingray nurseries, competition for food can be fierce – and it helps to not be a picky eater.
The monotreme sex gene may have been found after decades of searching – and it’s not what anyone expected.
A controversial idea suggests the ancestors of echidnas were more like the platypus. For the first time, fossil evidence might support it.
As Australia confronts biodiversity loss, this research underscores the importance of listening to those who know Country best.
Musky rat-kangaroos look a bit like a potoroo – but they have a unique trait not shared with any other roos.
Knowing what an animal eats can help biologists find it – especially when a species is as elusive as this one.
Peacock spiders are well known for their elaborate dances – but their extraordinary jumps smash speed records.
Native wombats and invasive rabbits are important to Australian ecosystems, but how do you work out where they live? That’s where satellite photos come in.
Thermal drones are helping researchers find Bennett’s tree kangaroos in the rainforest canopy, revealing new insights to guide conservation efforts.
Finding and retrieving the bones of this extinct kangaroo relative – a ‘holy grail’ fossil – took hours of squeezing through narrow passages.
The delicate mouse – widespread across Australia – has turned out to be three different species. This will help to save them from habitat loss.
Antechinuses are tiny marsupials famous for their intense sex lives. Now, researchers have documented another unusual behaviour – the cannibalism of their own species.
Most Australians think of scorpions as exotic desert animals, but they are fairly widespread across the continent. Still, next to nothing is known about most local scorpion species.
The Marsupial Microbiome Poop Troop collects the droppings of wild marsupials to help save the lives of orphaned joeys.
We found three previously unknown species of mulgaras hiding in museum collections – but all three have been driven to extinction since European colonisation of Australia.
Contributors to the WomSAT website have already reported more than 23,000 wombat sightings. We can use the data to cut the risks to wombats – and anyone with a smartphone can help.
Top contributors
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Curator of Mammals, Western Australian Museum; Curtin University
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Associate Professor in Anatomy, Murdoch University
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Professor Emeritus, Palaeontology, UNSW
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Project Coordinator (Biodiversity), Western Australian Museum
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Senior Research Scientist, South Australian Museum; Flinders University
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PhD candidate, Curtin University
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UNSW
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Associate Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) and Gujaga Foundation, UNSW
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ARC Industry Fellow, Adelaide University
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Laureate Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, Animal Anatomy and Physiology, Charles Sturt University
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Professor, Biological Sciences Department, University of Cape Town
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PhD Candidate in Palaeontology, Curtin University
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Lecturer, Flinders University