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Exhibition space at UNSW Library with oyster shells on the floor

Worlding With Oysters bridges the gap between art and science

27 Oct 2020

The exhibition at the UNSW Library sends a strong message about conservation and listening to Indigenous knowledge.

bream and squid pop

‘Fish lollies’ capture predator activity, revealing how global marine food webs change with climate

27 Oct 2020

A global team of biologists has used squid treats to track predator activity underwater, discovering temperature changes communities more than appetites.

Battling the elements: 30 years of coastal fieldwork, in pictures

22 Oct 2020

Swimming away from sharks, defending a tent during mini-cyclone and being threatened with a pet dingo are all in a day’s work for Professor Rob Brander, coastal geomorphologist at UNSW Sydney.

Professor Rob Brander

Stampedes, sharks and cyclones: uncovering the adventures behind 50 years of coastal research

16 Oct 2020

A new collection of coastal research fieldwork stories reveals the exciting – and sometimes life-threatening – tales behind the science.

Bilbies return to Sturt National Park in NSW

30 Sep 2020

Thanks to a NSW government collaboration led by UNSW ecologists and Ecological Horizons with NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and Taronga Conservation Society Australia, ten bilbies are set to start a species-led renovation of their desert ecosystem in Sturt National Park.

The threatened Southern Barred Frog (Mixophyes balbus)

Surviving the flames: citizen scientists reveal frogs’ initial response to ‘black summer’ bushfires

28 Sep 2020

Many Australian frogs may not have been as devastatingly impacted by last summer’s fires as feared – but scientists need more data to assess the impact further.

Murray-Darling basin during drought

We looked at 35 years of rainfall and learnt how droughts start in the Murray-Darling Basin

25 Sep 2020

To fully understand droughts, we need to answer the question: where does Australia’s rainfall come from? The answer isn't simple.

Phosphene molecules and Venus

If there is life on Venus, how could it have got there? Origin of life experts explain

22 Sep 2020

Considering what we know about the key ingredients for life's formation on Earth, here are three explanations for how this process may have occurred on our sister planet.

Dingo's long-lost cousin found in the New Guinea Highlands

14 Sep 2020

DNA testing has confirmed that a small population of wild dogs in the remote New Guinea Highlands are direct ancestors of the New Guinea singing dogs – a rare cani

A mulgara outside a burrow

Mulgara on the move: Tassie Devil relative to establish a stronghold in NSW

09 Sep 2020

A small, carnivorous marsupial related to the Tasmanian Devil has been reintroduced to a NSW national park, more than a century after being declared extinct in the state.

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