News: ecology
Higher biodiversity means healthier humans
Scientists find restoring environments to include a wider range of species can promote ‘good’ bacteria over ‘bad’.
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Who, where, when, why, wasp? New wasps named after biscuits & Doctor Who aliens
Researchers inspired by chocolate biscuits and Doctor Who aliens when choosing names for 10 new species of wasps.
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Underground beetle breathing brainteaser solved
Scientists have uncovered how aquatic beetles breathe in underground water.
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Urban biodiversity to lower chronic disease
Replanting urban environments with native flora could be a cost effective way to improve public health.
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Conservation of threatened flora species inspires street art
Scientists are helping save a threatened native plant and art is helping raise awareness about it.
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Eyre Peninsula malleefowl chick discovery excites ecologists
Cameras recently captured a malleefowl chick scratching about in the dirt in a wildlife refuge on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula.
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Students go underground with ‘Wombot’
Blackwood High School students are working with University of Adelaide researchers to develop ‘Wombot’, a new vehicle for exploring wombat holes.
World's first global vegetation database
The world's first global vegetation database contains more than 1.1 million complete lists of plant species for all terrestrial ecosystems.
Crowdfunding campaign launched to help save Tassie devil
New research could help save the Tasmanian devil from the deadly disease that's wiping out their population
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Platypus venom inspires potential new diabetes treatments
The discovery of a key metabolic hormone found in platypus venom will now be investigated for its potential to treat type 2 diabetes.
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