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THE First Ocean Acidification Monitoring Station for South China Sea” is the latest of a string of eight Malaysia Book of Records awards won by Gaya island-based Marine Ecology Research Centre (Merc-2) and its associated companies Bayu Aquaculture Sdn Bhd (5) and Rantau Bakat Sdn Bhd (1) since 2010.

UNSW scientists are behind a citizen science event which will document the bushfire recovery of plants, animals and fungi across three bushfire affected regions in New South Wales.

UNSW scientists are behind a citizen science event which will document the bushfire recovery of plants, animals and fungi across three bushfire

Reptiles Magazine Lizards From Different Parts Of World Evolved With Same Communication Skills Anolis lizards and Draco lizards learned the same skills in spite of being different species on the opposite sides of the earth. July 7, 2021 Draco flying lizard. Photo by Pramod Suri/Shutterstock Two different lizard species, the Anolis lizards of the Caribbean and the Draco lizards of Southeast Asia learned the same skills in spite of being totally different species on the opposite sides of the eart...

Date Time Same dance, different species: how natural selection drives common behaviour of lizards A surprising study on the behaviour of unrelated lizards demonstrates how evolution can lead to different species learning the same skills. Anolis (pictured) lizards retract their dewlaps (throat fans) for the same reason as Draco lizards, which are unrelated to the species and live thousands of kilometres away. Photo: Shutterstock. It’s dark on the island of Jamaica and a male Anolis lizard is t...

Date Time Research to examine whether ‘strong as steel’ spider silk can be replicated for manufacturing UNSW Sydney has been awarded a grant to assess mimicking spider silk for use in clothing, medical devices and prosthetics. UNSW Sydney researchers will examine whether spider silk can be replicated to be used in military and sports clothing, and medical devices and prosthetics as part of an international study funded by the PLuS Alliance. The project, led by Dr Sean Blamires from the Evol...

‘Coral IVF’ Helping Save Great Barrier Reef Great Barrier Reef appears to be working. According to Southern Cross University, a team of researchers in recent years undertook a mass coral re-seeding effort dubbed “ Coral IVF.” synchronised sex” event and have successfully reared and “ turbo charged” the coral larvae with algae symbionts, ready to replenish heavily-degraded sections of reef, according to the university. Peter Harrison, head of SCU’s Marine Ecology Research Centr...