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Hot on the tracks of feral animals in the Top End

Our new tracking tech is helping manage the impacts of feral buffaloes and pigs in Arnhem Land.

Backing the bouncing bandicoot over the Easter bunny

We have a bit of a complicated relationship with rabbits so instead of the bunny this year, we're backing the bandicoot for Easter.

Five things you probably didn’t know about eggs

Swap out those chocolate eggs for some chicken ones while you brush up on some next-level trivia about eggs.

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Birds in Their Habitats: Journeys with a Naturalist

Birds in Their Habitats: Journeys with a Naturalist, has Fraser combining humour and travel yarns (backed with sound scientific knowledge) revealing the secret lives, habits and skills of the incredible winged creatures.

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Bi-lingual app helps Indigenous rangers track threatened species

Can you imagine trying to do your job in another language? Warlpiri rangers can now track threatened species in either English or their first language, Walpiri, thanks to the bi-lingual Tracks App.

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Research and chill: the challenges of working in Antarctica

Sure it has come pretty sweet scenery but there are some downsides to working in the coldest place on the planet.

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4 things you didn’t know about white sharks

In a world first, we've used a combination of tracking technologies to estimate the Australian white shark populations.

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Tasmania’s not so sweet invader: the sugar glider

Australia's natural history collections have answered the question of whether sugar gliders are a native species to Tasmania, where they prey on the critically endangered swift parrot.

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Watch out buzz bee, there’s a spider in the house…

Citizen scientist witnesses world-first home-share between wolf spider and bee.

Helping put the Great Barrier Reef on the road to recovery

With the help of science the Great Barrier Reef can repair itself.

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Dragon sex and the path to maleness or femaleness (and back again)

For bearded dragons, being male doesn’t stop at genetics—their sex is at the mercy of the weather. For them a changing climate means a changing sexual landscape.

Tracking elusive echidna populations

Seen an echidna recently? Scientists need your help to track this marvelous monotreme! Even though they are one of our iconic Australian animals, we know very little about them.

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