News: School of Biological Sciences

New Podcast series - EcoFuturists

Planning for the future and breaking new ground across industries must involve improving our natural environment along the way. Our lives and livelihoods depend on it.

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Developing DNA for timber supply chain verification

Researchers at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide in partnership with and , Singapore, have been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Commonwealth Government’s Global Innovation Linkages Program to develop scientific origin verification tools for global timber supply chains.

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Tall Poppy winners announced for 2021

Five ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researchers have won 2021 South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Young Tall Poppy Science Awards.

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Echidna CSI finalist in the 2021 Eureka Prize

The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’sÌýEchidna Conservation Science Initiative (EchidnaCSI)Ìýis a finalist in the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Museum’s 2021 Eureka Prizes.

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Unregulated reptile trade in US has major influence on ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogns’ desire for illegal reptiles

The transnational smuggling of live animals poses a threat to ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s biodiversity, conservation, environmental biosecurity, animal welfare, and human health and wellbeing.

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Researchers respond to the IPCC's report that human activity is undeniably heating the planet.

The world’s leading climate scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - IPCC, have warned that the prospect of limiting global warming to 1.5C will be out of reach within 12 years at current rates of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Detecting impact of sea level rise in new technique

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide scientists have developed a new simple, inexpensive and fast method to analyse sulfur isotopes, which can be used to help investigate chemical changes in environments such as oceans, and freshwater rivers and lakes.

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EVENT: Exploring echidnas, poop and insects on Kangaroo Island

Join our researchers in echidna and insect biology, to learn all about the secret lives of these remarkable species on Kangaroo Island.

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Invertebrates as pets: The truth behind the trade

For some people, the idea of having tarantulas and scorpions living in their house is a nightmare; for others, keeping insects is a hobby and a passion.

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The race to stop illegal trading of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn lizards

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn reptiles face serious conservation threats from illegal poaching fuelled by international demand and the exotic pet trade.

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