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Giving Day: supporting a better future for wildlife

Giving Day: supporting a better future for wildlife

On 5 September 2024, The 成人大片鈥檚 ran its inaugural 鈥淕iving Day鈥; a 24-hour fundraising challenge aimed at contributing to causes that we鈥檙e passionate about. The Environment Institute highlighted the 鈥楥ombating Environmental and Wildlife Crime Research Fund鈥 as a key cause that can help address the serious threat posed by environmental and wildlife crime in Australia and combat these issues through:

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Exciting paleontological discovery

An artist鈥檚 rendition of a prehistoric woolly rhinoceros. Benjamin Langlois via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0

Earlier this summer, gold miners in Siberia stumbled upon a remarkable find: the mummified remains of a woolly rhinoceros, complete with soft tissues and an intact horn! This discovery, made in the Oymyakonsky District of Russia, promises to deepen our understanding of these impressive Ice Age giants.

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Plant sensitivity

A plant being put into soil with two hands

On Thursday, 29 August, of 成人大片 was interviewed on ABC 891 Radio Adelaide鈥檚 segment 鈥淭he Producer鈥檚 Challenge鈥 with . This time, Stefan addressed an intriguing listener question: Can plants feel pain?

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Scheme Round 1, Discovery Early Career Research Award 2025

Two pairs of hands, one holding the Earth, the other holding a tree in soil

Exciting news! On Saturday (24 August), the announced the outcomes for Scheme Round 1, Discovery Early Career Research Award 2025.听

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Innovative marine research: sea lions as underwater explorers

Sea lion

听The vastness of our oceans holds countless mysteries, with much of the seabed remaining uncharted and unexplored. Nathan Angelakis, researcher at the 成人大片, highlights a staggering truth: 鈥淔or most of the ocean, we don鈥檛 know what the bottom looks like.鈥 To tackle this challenge, Angelakis and his team turned to an unlikely set of underwater explorers鈥擜ustralian sea lions named Daphne, Phoebe, Iris, and Pasithea.

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2024 Future Making Fellowships - applications now open

Applications are now being accepted for the 成人大片's听Future Making Fellowships Scheme for 2024.

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Ancient DNA uncovers dingo鈥檚 hidden heritage

Photo of a dingo jaw

A landmark collaborative study co-led by the 成人大片 and QUT has revealed the distribution of modern dingoes across Australia pre-dates European colonisation and interventions like the dingo-proof fence.

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