Fresh Science

Protecting Tiwi wildlife is a hollow argument Climbing trees reveals a housing shortage for tree-rats and other endangered animals. Estimates of tree hollows – which form the houses of several endangered species in northern Australia – are much too high, researchers at Charles Darwin University in the Northern Territory have found. And the discovery could…

Photo credit: Rebecca Rogers, ‘ Magpie Geese in flight over a mango orchard in Northern Australia.’ Bird conservation is literally on the radar Decades of meteorological data are telling the story of Australia’s birds. Weather radar can be used to better manage bird populations and potentially save them from extinction, a researcher at Charles Darwin…

A new land management tool using Aboriginal knowledge Ngan’gi speakers know it’s time to look for freshwater crocodile eggs when the red kapok trees near the Northern Territory’s Daly River burst into flower. This can occur at a different time each year, but the environmental link is solid. A Darwin-based scientist has converted this link…

Soil has the answer to burning climate questions Decreasing the frequency of wild fires in northern Australia would lead to an increase in the amount of carbon stored in the soil, significantly lowering greenhouse gas emissions, according to CSIRO ecologist, Dr Anna Richards.