Promiscuous birds challenge the idea that more sexual partners speeds up evolution
What do we really know about the link between a species' sex life and how it evolves?
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Contested spaces: saving nature when our beaches have gone to the dogs
We aren’t just jostling with each other for beach space. Scuttling, waddling, hopping or flying away from beachgoers all around Australia, wildlife struggles to survive the daily disturbances.
We need to get smarter to save shorebirds from rising seas
Five million shorebirds migrate between Australia and the northern hemisphere, threatened by habitat destruction, and rising seas. How can we protect this natural marvel?
Shorebirds threatened by rising seas
Millions of shorebirds could be in danger of massive population loss due to rising oceans. Research has predicted that a…
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