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Land clearing linked to myrtle rust disease in native forests
Australia; NSW; QLD
Queensland University of Technology (QUT),The National Environmental Science Program's Resilient Landscapes Hub
Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Empowering women boosts conservation success
Australia; QLD
The University of Queensland
Journal of Environmental Management
Whole-genome study of koalas transforms how we understand genetic risk in endangered species
Australia; NSW; VIC
The University of Sydney,RMIT University,The University of Melbourne,Cesar Australia
Science
Global progress on protecting migratory species is heading in the wrong direction
Australia; International
United Nations (UN)
State of the World’s Migratory Species: Interim Report (2026)
Researchers find harmful algae species wasn’t new to South Australian waters
Australia; NSW; SA
University of Technology Sydney (UTS),CSIRO,SARDI (South Australian Research and Development Institute),Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
Small step to yield a big coastal protection win
Australia; QLD
The University of Queensland,University of Tasmania,The University of Sydney,University of the Sunshine Coast
Nature Communications
Global river map could help support water and flood risk management
Australia; International
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
Nature
Early fossils reveal more about the evolution of bony fish
Australia; International; SA
Flinders University,Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, China
Nature
Expert Reaction
EXPERT REACTION: Coastal sea levels may be higher than previously thought
Australia; New Zealand; Pacific; International
Wageningen University and Research (The Netherlands)
Nature Geoscience
Australia’s carbon markets risk penalising Indigenous stewardship
Australia; VIC
RMIT University
Nature Climate Change
Chimps love crystals and it could help explain why humans do too
International
Donostia International Physics Center, Spain
Frontiers in Psychology
Neutral El Niño-La Niña conditions predicted until mid year
Australia; International
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Plant big native trees early to simplify forest restoration in Aotearoa
New Zealand
AUT University
Ecological Solutions and Evidence
What 30 years of satellite data say about Antarctica's icy coastline
International
University of California, USA
PNAS
Aussie native ‘buffet’ creates honey with stronger anti-microbial punch
Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD
The University of Sydney,NSW Government,University of the Sunshine Coast
Microbiology Open
The 30 by 30 conservation targets could harm small-scale fishing communities
Australia; Pacific; NSW; QLD; TAS
James Cook University,University of Tasmania,The University of New South Wales,The University of the South Pacific,Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS),Ecological Solutions Solomon Islands, Pacific Community, New Caledonia, World Wide Fund for Nature, Solomon Islands, Talanoa Consulting, Solomon Islands, Blue Prosperity, Fiji, The Nature Conservancy, Solomon Islands
Cell Reports Sustainability
Saving Victoria's brush-tailed rock-wallabies from extinction
Australia; NSW; VIC; SA
Adelaide University
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria
The power of sunlight could help remove PFAS from water
Australia; NSW; SA
Adelaide University,The University of Sydney
Nature Water
As whale populations recover, older males sing more
Australia; New Zealand; Pacific
University of Auckland,Curtin University,University of St Andrews (UK), Opération Cétacés and IRD (New Caledonia)
Current Biology
Fossils trapped in amber show the lives of insects in the time of dinosaurs
International
Institute for Game and Wildlife Research, Spain
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Rising carbon dioxide levels detected in human blood
Australia; WA; ACT
The Kids Research Institute Australia,Curtin University,The Australian National University
Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health
Genetic discovery could lead to faster growing duckweed
Australia; International; SA
Adelaide University
Communications Biology
How Aussie birds have evolved to eat sugar all day
Australia; NSW
University of Wollongong,Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Germany, LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics/Senckenberg Research Institute/Goethe-University, Germany, Harvard University, USA
Science
Pest control: NZers more worried about contamination than suffering
New Zealand
University of Auckland
Biological Conservation
When did mozzies start getting a taste for us?
Australia; International; QLD
James Cook University,Vanderbilt University, USA, University of Manchester, UK
Scientific Reports
Crime scene blood stains can be damning – even after cleaning
Australia; VIC; SA
Flinders University,La Trobe University
Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences
New method to remove toxic PFAS chemicals from water
Australia; NSW; SA
Flinders University,The University of New South Wales
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Expert Reaction
Conflict between conservation and offshore oil could worsen, research suggests
New Zealand
University of Waikato,University of Auckland
The Extractive Industries and Society
Common forever chemical a threat to bees
Australia; NSW; VIC
The University of New England,The University of Melbourne,La Trobe University
Environmental Science & Technology
What lies beneath: tapping into Australia’s hidden waters
Australia; NSW
The University of New South Wales
Delicate membranes given super strength to transform green energy tech
Australia; International; NSW; VIC; QLD
The University of Queensland,The University of New South Wales,The University of Melbourne,UQ School of Chemical Engineering, ARC Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide (GetCO2), UQ Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation
Nature Synthesis
Late bloomers: climate change is messing with tropical plants
International
University of Colorado - Boulder, USA
PLOS One
Humpback whales at risk of entanglement in fishing gear during times where cool water is sparse
International
NOAA, USA
PLOS Climate
Alvarezsauroids - the dinosaurs that love to be tiny
International
University of Minnesota, USA
Nature
Electric deterrent device can stop sharks pinching fishers' catch
Australia; NSW; QLD; WA
The University of Western Australia,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),Bond University,Government of Western Australia
Marine and Freshwater Research
Are our conservation efforts working to slow the loss of biodiversity?
Australia; International; QLD
James Cook University,Duke University, USA
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
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