Peas are a crucial crop for Australian farmers due to their versatility and reliable yields across a range of environments and soil types. A source of protein, starch, fiber and minerals, peas are also a valuable rotation ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 23, 2022
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New research and footage captured by Murdoch University scientists show how damaging microplastics are to the environment with particles posing potential threat to organisms when ingested.
Environment
Aug 19, 2022
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Researchers from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have detected antibodies to a filovirus in Australian bats for the first time.
Ecology
Aug 17, 2022
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The shape of the mandible (the lower jaw) is influenced by the mechanical action of the jaw muscles that connect it to the skull, and mandible shape therefore reflects the diet of the animal. The lower jaw is also sufficiently ...
Paleontology & Fossils
May 18, 2022
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Over the last three years the Roleystone community and wildlife rehabilitation centers have become concerned over increasing numbers of the small marsupial, otherwise known as the southwestern brown bandicoot, seen with severe ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 19, 2022
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Murdoch University researchers have welcomed a baby turtle into the world this week as part of an important incubation research project aiming to save the iconic Southwestern snake-necked turtles at Bibra Lake from dwindling ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 3, 2022
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Researchers from the Harry Butler Institute have warned of a loss of stream fauna in Southwestern Australia as permanent streams dry out each year.
Ecology
Oct 11, 2021
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On a rural Bangladesh farm, Sonatan holds special blessing ceremonies for a small, cheap tractor that changed his life.
Biotechnology
Sep 13, 2021
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Wildflowers and native grasses are needed to boost revegetation in Western Australia's northern wheatbelt, according to new research from the Centre for Terrestrial Ecosystem Science and Sustainability at Murdoch University's ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 9, 2021
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Scientists at Murdoch University's Harry Butler Institute (HBI) have discovered that red foxes are ravaging a larger range of Australian animals than previously realized, with 70% of fox diet samples turning up mammal remains.
Plants & Animals
May 31, 2021
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