Tag: native animals
We discovered two new Australian native mammals – the first of their kind this century
The delicate mouse – widespread across Australia – has turned out to be three different species. This will help to save them from habitat loss.
Animals keep eating precious plants – we used ‘smell misinformation’ to keep them away
Each year, hungry plant-eating animals do billions of dollars of damage to valuable plants. We need prevention methods that don’t involve killing them.
Less than 10% of Australian scorpions are known to science. We've added two new species to the list
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.
2 biggest threats to wombats revealed in new data gathered by citizen scientists
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.
Did Australia's First Peoples domesticate dingoes? They certainly buried them with great care
There’s been a long-standing debate over whether dingoes started out wild or domesticated. One thing is clear – they had a close relationship with First Peoples.
From glowing cats to wombats, fluorescent mammals are much more common than you'd think
After combing through museum collections, our team of researchers found a whopping 125 fluorescent mammal species – from polar bears and dolphins, to leopards, zebras and wombats.
A 140-year-old Tassie tiger brain sample survived two world wars and made it to our lab. Here's what we found
Brain samples of a thylacine that died in 1880 in Berlin were kept safe by researchers for decades. Now, they have finally been analysed.
