Most Australians are familiar with a few famous threatened mammals, but few can name even a single threatened Aussie invertebrate. If ordinary Aussies can recognise just a handful of our threatened invertebrates, then they can talk about them to friends and neighbours and raise awareness of the major declines many invertebrates are suffering both globally and within Australia.
Category: Science
Helping solve spider crab mysteries, one citizen scientist at a time
Australia's unique and weird-looking Great Spider Crabs have captured the imagination of locals and tourists alike...
The First Scientists: exploring brilliant First Nations innovations with Deadly Science’s Corey Tutt.
The Meriam Elders in the eastern Torres Strait have long known that the stars twinkle because of strong, high winds, and used these dancing stars to predict the coming of the wet season. The Gumbaynggir people would treat wounds with the sap of the bloodwood tree, which crystallised over the cut to stop bleeding and acted as an antiseptic. The Gunditjmara people invented a net to catch eels made of grasses woven into a tube-like shape. Eels would be drawn to the cosy nook, slither in and get stuck - just like a finger trap.
Swamp Wallabies: 3 BIG ecological impacts of a small marsupial
Swamp Wallabies fertilise our forests, help lockup carbon, spread native plants and fungi through the landscape, and support dozens of insects and other invertebrates. Their versatile ecology has also helped to buffer our ecosystems from the effects of megafauna and mesofauna extinctions...
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals: Looking past the dangerous stereotypes of the world’s deadliest animals
In her second publication, illustrator and author Sami Bayly invites you to look at (but don’t touch!) some of the strangest and deadliest animals that walk our earth...
Has the medical potential of Eucalyptus oil yet to be unleashed?
Although it has been used worldwide for over a century, recent health research suggests that many of the powers of Eucalyptus oil are yet to be unleashed...
6 reasons to be raven about corvids
No matter the myths, legends and superstitions, there is much to be admired when it comes to corvids...
Perilous passage: tackling Tasmania’s roadkill problem
While introduced predators pose little risk to Tasmanian wildlife, our cars do. The state's roads are notorious for roadkill...
The quest for a perfect nest: what box is best?
Seeing a plywood nest box tucked amongst the branches of a tree or hoisted around its trunk is a familiar sight to many Australians. But how effective really are these well-intentioned makeshift homes at housing Australia’s unique and diverse wildlife?
Genetic rescue could be key to saving the Helmeted Honeyeater
In response to this dire prognosis, an unusual and innovative move was made to assist their recovery...