Bird expert tweeting to the world on bird feeding

Architecture, construction and planning
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As Australia reveals its bird of the year, Griffith University’s resident bird expert has shed light on the other issue the country is always torn on — feeding them. Professor Darryl Jones, of the Environmental Futures Research Institute, has released the first ever book on a topic that almost everyone has tried. Hailed as the […]

Young research leader saving endangered animals to study at Oxford

Smiling Science graduate Emma Dale, holding a red panda.
Alumni
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A young scientist has received a prestigious John Monash scholarship to attend the University of Oxford. Emma Dalewill study the behavioural ecology of carnivores with a focus on conservation and preservation. There have been 147 John Monash Scholars selected to date, all of whom possess significant leadership potential, are outstanding in their chosen fields and […]

Turtle barnacle researcher tracking them down

Architecture, construction and planning
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The key to protecting critically endangered turtles could lie in their barnacles. While some people think barnacles growing on turtles is bad for them, Griffith University researcher Ryan Pearson said they could actually help protect the turtles, and shift conservation to where it’s needed most. “The International Union for Conservation of Nature has recently added […]