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ARC Industry Laureate Fellowships 2023 success

Congratulations to on receiving an Ӱֱn Research Council (ARC) Industry Laureate Fellowship for a project 'Combatting wildlife crime and preventing environmental harm'.

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Secrets of the Tasmanian Tiger TV Show

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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 Ӱֱ of Adelaide'sFuture Making Fellowships Scheme.

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Desert “time capsules” 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’s not looking good but there is hope says a research team from the Ӱֱ of South Ӱֱ, Ӱֱ of Adelaide, and the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium of South Ӱֱ.

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Major Funding Boost for South Ӱֱ’s famous Ediacaran fossils

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Putting the ‘history’ in ‘prehistoric’: confirming the origin of the first collection of megafauna from the Naracoorte Caves

The World Heritage listed Naracoorte Caves in southeast South Ӱֱ contain some of the world’s most valuable fossil deposits from the Quaternary period (2.5 million years ago to the present). The caves are particularly famous for their ‘megafauna’ fossils. These large animals roamed the Ӱֱn 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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