Environment Minister Tony Burke announced his decision on Monday, April 30, 2012, to list koala populations in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory as vulnerable on the national list of threatened species.
Mon Apr 30, 2012
Environment Minister Tony Burke announced his decision on Monday, April 30, 2012, to list koala populations in Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory as vulnerable on the national list of threatened species.
Mon Mar 26, 2012
Australian research provides evidence for the theory that human hunters were primarily responsible for the disappearance of Australia’s giant vertebrates about 40,000 years ago. The research also concludes that the extinction caused changes to the Australian landscape. A Perspectives piece by a New Zealand author accompanies the research paper. Scientists involved in the research are [...]
Thu Feb 2, 2012
EMBARGO LIFTED 5am AEDT Thursday February 2, 2012 An Australian scientist has written a provocative opinion piece which looks at the impact of grazing on bushfires, as well as the problem of feral flora and fauna in Australia. It suggests considering all potential solutions, including the introduction of wild elephants to keep introduced grasses under [...]
Thu Nov 17, 2011
Wednesday November 16 at 10am AEDT on-site at CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong Embargo lifted at 00:01am AEDT on Friday 18 Nov 2011 Australia is about to open the world’s most advanced biosecurity research facility, a high-security centre within CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong. Minister for Science Kim Carr will launch the [...]
Wed Jul 27, 2011
Authorities announced on June 26, 2011, that a dog had been diagnosed with Hendra virus. It is reportedly the first time an animal other than a bat, horse or human has contracted the disease.
Wed Feb 23, 2011
Flooding rains are helping cane toads invade Australia’s desert regions. Thousands of dams made for livestock provide toads with refuge in the normally parched landscape. This has allowed the introduced pests to colonise areas where they would otherwise perish due to scarcity of water.
Tue Feb 1, 2011
EMBARGO LIFTED AT 10.30AM AEDT, TUESDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2011 Japanese scientists have found that dogs can distinguish people with colorectal cancer by the smell of their breath. It is thought that dogs can smell a chemical produced by the cancer cells which circulates in the blood and is present in the breath of people with [...]
Tue Feb 1, 2011
On January 22 2011, a highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak was confirmed from a bird farm in Miyazaki prefecture, southern Japan. Currently, outbreaks have been reported in neighbouring Kagoshima prefecture as well. The outbreak has led to the culling of thousands of chickens in southern Japan. These comments on the bird flu epidemic in Japan [...]