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2023

• CSIRO News (08 Dec 2023): Snake charm: four reasons to love snakes
• ABC Behind the News Classroom (27 Nov 2023): Yellow crazy ants
• Spirit of the Law (13 Sep 2023): How AoE2 is helping scientists understand ants
• Modern Sciences (12 Sep 2023): A battlefield for ants? New study on ant warfare shows we could manipulate their fights
• Cosmos Magazine (04 Sep 2023): Skewering cells, ant wars, writing in water
• ABC Radio South Australia (31 Aug 2023): Ant warfare and managing invasive alien species (from 1:11:50)
• Ars Technica (30 Aug 2023): Age of Empires and live ants used to test theoretical ideas on combat
• The Wire (30 Aug 2023): Ant wars: real-world ant battles shows how native insects win against aggressive introduced species
• ABC Radio Canberra (30 Aug 2023): Using video games and mathematical models to understand ant warfare (from 1:04:17)
• 6PR Radio Perth (29 Aug 2023): Warfare in ants and video games (from 1:23:05)
• 9 News (29 Aug 2023): New research shows how Aussie ants can win ‘war’ against billion-dollar invasive pests
• ABC Radio Kimberley (29 Aug 2023): When ants go to war size isn’t the only thing that matters
• UWA News (29 Aug 2023): Ant wars: how native species can win the battle over invasive pests
• ABC Radio National (29 Aug 2023): Using video games to plot out ant battles
• CSIRO News (29 Aug 2023): Ant battles: battlefield complexity and ant warfare outcomes
• The Conversation (29 Aug 2023): A battlefield for ants? New study on ant warfare shows we could manipulate their fights
• Phys.org (28 Aug 2023): Ant wars: how native species can win the battle over invasive pests
• Ocean Protect (21 Aug 2023): Forever chemicals & their impact on wetland snakes
• CSIRO News (17 Jul 2023): Harmful substances impacting tiger snakes across Perth, study finds
• Perth Now (17 Jul 2023): Sick, skinny snakes loaded with forever chemicals
• Particle Magazine (30 Mar 2023) Life on the forest edge might not be too bad
• ABC News (03 Feb 2023) Calls to ban cats roaming Perth CBD to protect native fauna
• UWA News (31 Jan 2023) Unexpected benefits from pollinators at edges of second-growth forests
• Nature Ecology & Evolution blog (30 Jan 2023) Unexpected beneficial effects of forest edges on pollinator networks
• The Perth Voice (28 Jan 2023): Kings Park push for cat laws
• National Geographic (21 Jan 2023): Invasive ants are a bigger threat than we thought
• UWA News (10 Jan 2023): Tiny ants big news when it comes to hitch-hiking across the planet

2022

• Mongabay (12 Dec 2022): How many ants live on Earth? At least 20 quadrillion, scientists say
• ABC Radio Western Australia Country Hour (10 Oct 2022): Myrtle rust in Western Australia
• ABC News (21 Sep 2022): Ants! It turns out there are 20 quadrillion of them on Earth — or 2.5 million per human
• Smithsonian Magazine (21 Sep 2022): An estimated 20 quadrillion ants live on earth
• NBC News (21 Sep 2022): Earth’s ant population of 20 quadrillion outnumbers humans by 2.5 million times, study finds
• CBS News (20 Sep 2022): 20,000,000,000,000,000 ants are crawling around Earth, researchers find, weighing more in total than all birds and mammals combined
• CNN (20 Sep 2022): Scientists have estimated how many ants there are on Earth. Clue: it’s a lot
• The Conversation (20 Sep 2022): Earth harbours 20,000,000,000,000,000 ants – and they weigh more than wild birds and mammals combined
• The Washington Post (19 Sep 2022): Scientists have calculated how many ants are on Earth. The number is so big it’s ‘unimaginable.’
• ABC Radio Victoria, Mornings with Jonathon Kendall (08 Jul 2022): Using genetic biocontrol to control feral cats
• CSIRO Blog (14 Jun 2022): Leading women in STEMM shine to benefit future generations

2021

• Australian Marine Parks News (20 Sep 2021): Scientists complete first-ever Ashmore Reef health check
• Ecos (17 Sep 2021): What treasures did we find at Ashmore Reef Marine Park?

2020

• UWA Forward (10 Sep 2020): Study finds New Guinea most plant-rich island in the world
• Australian National Imaging Facility (09 Sep 2020): Micro-CT of re-regeneration in lizard tails
• Efetur (27 Aug 2020): Nueva Guinea, el reino de las orquídeas
• Panamá América (21 Aug 2020): Nueva Guinea es el reino de las orquídeas
• Science News (18 Aug 2020) New Guinea has more known plant species than any island in the world
• The Conversation (12 Aug 2020) ‘Majestic, stunning, intriguing and bizarre’: New Guinea has 13,634 species of plants, and these are some of our favourites
• South Africa Today (08 Aug 2020) New Guinea has the most plant species of any island
• Cosmos (07 Aug 2020) New Guinea home to richest island flora: co-ordinated effort finally reveals true number of species
• CSIROscope (07 Aug 2020) New Guinea: most botanically-diverse island in the world
• Bioengineer (07 Aug 2020) The last unknown
• Nature Today (06 Aug 2020) Nieuw-Guinea: eiland met de meeste plantensoorten ter wereld
• ZME Science (06 Aug 2020) New Guinea is the island with the greatest plant diversity in the world
• Blick (06 Aug 2020) Neuguinea ist die Insel mit den meisten Pflanzen weltweit
• BBC News (06 Aug 2020) ‘Paradise island’ hosts untold botanical treasures
• The Guardian (06 Aug 2020) New Guinea has greatest plant diversity of any island in the world, study reveals
• Daily Mail (06 Aug 2020) Flower power: New Guinea has the greatest variety of plants of any island in the world with more than two-thirds of its species only growing in that region
• Welt (06 Aug 2020) Forscher: Neuguinea ist Insel mit größter Pflanzenvielfalt.
• The Guardian (06 Aug 2020) New Guinea has greatest plant diversity of any island in the world, study reveals
• Le Point (05 Aug 2020) La Nouvelle-Guinée serait l’île avec la plus grande diversité végétale au monde
• Mongabay (05 Aug 2020) New Guinea has the most plant species of any island
• El País (05 Aug 2020) El jardín del mundo
• Phys.org (05 Aug 2020) New Guinea has the world’s richest island flora
• Science Daily (05 Aug 2020) New Guinea has the world’s richest island flora
• Nature News & Views (05 Aug 2020) An inventory of plants for the land of the unexpected
• IFL Science (17 Jul 2020): It turns out lizards don’t just replace lost tails, sometimes they grow extras
• World Economic Forum (30 Apr 2020) Insects populations have been declining for nearly 100 years, study reveals
• ECOS Magazine (29 Apr 2020) Science on an island sanctuary: surveying Ashmore Reef Marine Park
• Parks Australia Science Atlas (29 Apr 2020) All hands on deck! It takes a lot of science to protect an ocean oasis
• The Conversation (24 Apr 2020) Insects: worldwide study reveals widespread decline since 1925
• CSIROscope (22 Apr 2020) Ashmore Reef: an island refuge of underwater wonders
• WABSI (06 Apr 2020) New research program to help mitigate cat impacts on biodiversity
• Taz.de (06 Mar 2020) Glühwürmchen in Gefahr
• The Guardian (05 Mar 2020) Glowing, glowing, gone: plunge in glow-worm numbers revealed
• ECOS Magazine (28 Feb 2020) Understanding complex interactions the key to the freshwater croc’s future
• Landscope Magazine (28 Feb 2020) Voyage to protect an ocean oasis

2019

• Phys.org (17 Dec 2019) The long tale of a lizard’s regrown tail
• AZO Cleantech (17 Dec 2019) Curtin study uncovers the long tale of a lizard’s regrown tail
• Curtin Univeristy Media Release (17 Dec 2019) Curtin study uncovers the long tale of a lizard’s regrown tail
• Divayina Newspaper (3 Nov 2019) A life studying crocodiles (Text in Sinhala)
• Mongabay (6 Oct 2019) EU market a factor as Sri Lanka pulls its punches on protection for lizards
• The Sunday Morning (30 Sep 2019) Bringing to light the creatures of the dark.
• Mongabay (23 Sep 2019) Sri Lanka eyes lucrative charismatic species to save lesser-known ones?
• Inside Science (23 Aug 2019): How the last dragons survived extinction
• Parks Australia Science News (23 Jul 2019): Ashmore Reef Marine Park: an Indian Ocean oasis
• CSIROscope (27 May 2019): Are Australian snakes really the most dangerous in the world?
• The Guardian (26 May 2019): Snake mistake: CSIRO says it’s a myth that Australia is home to world’s deadliest species
• The Sydney Morning Herald (26 May 2019): Snake mistake: Myth busted: CSIRO says Australia’s snakes are not the world’s deadliest
• Perth Now (26 May 2019): Australian snake myths busted by CSIRO
• South China Morning Post (23 Mar 2019): ‘I preferred animal underdogs’: the snake expert helping Nat Geo bust Hollywood serpent myths
• Nat Geo Wild and FOX Action Movies (10 May 2019): Snake!
• The Guardian (26 May 2019): CSIRO says it’s a myth that Australia is home to world’s deadliest species
• Limelight Magazine (29 Mar 2019): A performance for our planet (Perth Symphony Orchestra)
• ArtsHub (27 Mar 2019): Review: Perth Symphony Orchestra: a performance for our planet
• Perth Symphony Orchestra Podcast (20 Mar 2019): A Performance for our Planet with Dr Bruce Webber
• ABC Radio National (31 Jan 2019): Baobabs: the travelling tree
• Asian Scientist (21 Jan 2019): Termites help forests weather drought
• National Geographic Italia (14 Jan 2019): Così le termiti proteggono le foreste dai cambiamenti climatici
• Mongabay (10 Jan 2019): Termites help to protect tropical forests during drought, study finds
• Science (10 Jan 2019): Surprise: these termites are good for trees
• EurekAlert (10 Jan 2019): Termites mitigate effects of drought in tropical rainforest
• Science Daily (10 Jan 2019): Termites mitigate effects of drought in tropical rainforests
• AAAS (10 Jan 2019): Termites protect tropical rainforests during drought

2018

• Northern Pictures for Channel 9 and PBS (27 Jul 2018): Outback: cane toad impacts on freshwater crocodiles
• The West Australian (23 May 2018): Weed threat to Pilbara national parks
• ECOS Magazine (30 Jan 2018): Celebration of life in the forests of Borneo

2017

• Science Daily (17 Nov 2017): European forests might not be realizing their full potential
• ABC Radio Country Hour (22 Aug 2017): The Pilbara weeds database (from 00:34:00)
• Mount Hawthorn Primary School (17 Aug 2017): Science week showcases STEAM!
• EurekAlert (15 Mar 2017): Better barcoding: new library of DNA sequences improves plant identification
• ABC Rural (18 Jan 2017): Drone unleashed on weeds threatening crocodile nesting areas in the Kimberley

2016

• ABC Rural (15 Dec 2016): Mission to find biological control for major weed stinking passionflower in northern Australia
• The West Australian (01 Sep 2016): Stinking Pilbara passion vine to get the chop
• Government of Western Australia (01 Sep 2016): Funding for scientists to combat Pilbara weed

2015

• Ocean Whispers (15 Oct 2015): Guide to the Sea Snakes of the Kimberley Coast of Western Australia
• Le Monde (31 Aug 2015): Editer la nature
• Europe Solidaire Sans Frontieres (31 Aug 2015): Editer la nature: CRISPR-Cas9, une nouvelle technique de génie génétique
• ABC Kimberley (18 Aug 2015): Call out for citizen scientists to help study Kimberley sea snakes
• Insect Genetic Technologies RCN (17 Aug 2015): Cas9 gene drive & classical biological control
• Technology.org (17 Jul 2015): Tree coring: only a flesh wound?
• ECOS Magazine (16 Jul 2015): Tree coring: only a flesh wound?
• ABC Landline (06 Jul 2015): Weeding out
• Rangelands NRM (16 Mar 2015): Kimberley weed priorities and strategies discussed at inaugural forum
• Science Network WA (21 Feb 2015): Mechanical hoof tests effect of livestock on native snail populations
• The Sunday Times (15 Feb 2015):  On a historical hunt for crocs and baby bait
• Science Network WA (15 Feb 2015): Increased farming intensity links to nutrient spillover

2014

• Daily Mail Australia (05 Sep 2014):  One of the most detailed crocodile surveys attempted underway at a remote gorge in Western Australia’s Kimberley
• ABC News (04 Sep 2014):  Crocodile survey underway in WA’s Kimberley ahead of cane toad arrival

2013

• Frontier Helicopters (5 Jun 2013):  CSIRO rainforest survey by helicopter
• The Conversation (11 Apr 2013): Two million species and counting: completing the catalogue of life

2012

• The Subiaco Post (29 Dec 2012): Plants linked to diversity on earth
• Phys.org (13 Dec 2012): For every species of mammal, 300 arthropod species lurk in the rainforest
  
• Mongabay (13 Dec 2012): Rainforests teem with insects, most of which are unknown, finds study
• The Conversation (06 Sep 2012):  What is a native and why should we care?
• ABC Science (05 Sep 2012):  You’re not from around here, or are you?
• ECOS Magazine (27 Aug 2012):  When is a native not a native?
• The Australian (27 Aug 2012): Native or not, that is the question
• UWA University News (21 Aug 2012): When is a native not a native and what should we do about it?
• The Guardian (23 Mar 2012): Blood, sweat and fears: the research scientists in Borneo’s rainforests

2011

• The Conversation (13 Jun 2011):  With rapid global change, what is a native species?

2010

• ScienceWatch.com (12 Jun 2007): New Hot Papers Jan 2010: Global change and species interactions in terrestrial ecosystems

2007

• Nature News (12 Jun 2007): Why some animals are shy of habitat corridors

2004

• New Scientist (12 Jun 2004): The Daintree Ryparosa and the cassowary