Research Briefs (6)
27 March 2013
A new method of breeding pure lines of plants has been developed.
Plant breeding projects are often used for increasing…
7 February 2013
Sea urchin sperm has a shorter lifespan at high temperatures, research from CSIRO has found. The study suggests sea urchin…
22 October 2012
Female Komodo dragons pay a high price for investing a lot of energy into reproduction – they only live about half the average…
8 October 2012
All endangered birds tend to have eggs that fail to hatch: captive endangered birds produce more infertile eggs, whereas…
20 June 2012
A new species of mosquito has been discovered in Australia that can live and breed in underwater environments such as sewage…
6 June 2012
Australia has two distinct populations of white sharks in the East and West of Australia, showing that while they travel…