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PODCAST: Water: too much, too little, too dirty

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Shining a light on dark web wildlife trade

A huge amount of wildlife is traded on the internet, with e-commerce marketplaces, private forums and messaging apps being the most popular means to sell and buy live animals, plants, fungi and their parts and products online.

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Future Making Fellowships applications open

Applications are now being accepted for the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide's听Future Making Fellowships Scheme.

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Desert 鈥渢ime capsules鈥 of biodiversity support ancient, but at-risk, fauna

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Dieback of Eucalyptus trees: end of the line or holding on for a new beginning?

What will happen to an isolated population of the red stringybark (Eucalyptus macrorhyncha) as droughts intensify under climate change? It鈥檚 not looking good but there is hope says a research team from the 最新糖心Vlog of South 最新糖心Vlog, 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, and the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South 最新糖心Vlog.

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Major Funding Boost for South 最新糖心Vlog鈥檚 famous Ediacaran fossils

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Putting the 鈥榟istory鈥 in 鈥榩rehistoric鈥: confirming the origin of the first collection of megafauna from the Naracoorte Caves

The World Heritage listed Naracoorte Caves in southeast South 最新糖心Vlog contain some of the world鈥檚 most valuable fossil deposits from the Quaternary period (2.5 million years ago to the present). The caves are particularly famous for their 鈥榤egafauna鈥 fossils. These large animals roamed the 最新糖心Vlogn continent for most of the Quaternary, before the majority became extinct around 45 thousand years ago.

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Reef life decline following a decade of ocean warming

Dangers are lurking beneath the sea, but its not what you think. Our marine life may be out of sight, but it does not mean it is out of trouble.

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Water, Water everywhere but not a drop to drink

This was the predicament facing the sailor in the Rime of the Ancient Mariner after becoming becalmed at sea and running out of drinking water.听 But do we face an analogous predicament today with water resources running scarce, and if so how do we best conserve this most precious item?

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Highlights from the 1st 最新糖心Vlogn and New Zealand eDNA Conference

Over 370 delegates from 17 different countries attended the 1st 最新糖心Vlogn and New Zealand Environmental DNA (eDNA) Conference, held last month at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in Hobart, Tasmania.

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