Angry ants threaten Sydney
Sydney may soon come face to face with a major environmental disaster
- the arrival of the South American fire ant. According to a Macquarie
University scientist, the fire ant's assault on Sydney is likely,
after the discoveries of colonies around Brisbane and more recently
in Victoria.
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Improving the natural response to natural born killers
Captive-bred animals, who have never before seen a predator, generally
have low survival rates when introduced into the wild as they lack
the necessary survival skills. But Macquarie University PhD research
on captive tammar wallabies shows that these animals can be taught
to recognise and fear predators before release, and once taught
they can also demonstrate this behaviour to other naive wallabies
in their group.
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Still brilliant 100 years on
This year marks 100 years since a young Goulburn girl named Stella
Miles Franklin burst onto the Australian literary scene with the
publication of My Brilliant Career.
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