News: Sprigg Geobiology Centre
Soil erosion is filling vital inland river waterholes, putting the squeeze on fish, turtles and听crayfish
During droughts, Australia鈥檚 inland rivers dry up, leaving waterholes as the only wet places in a parched landscape. Fish, turtles, crayfish and other aquatic animals retreat to these vital refuges.
Sprigg Seminar Series - Dr. Emma Sherratt - The Shape of Life
Animal life is remarkable in its diversity, particularly in the variety of shapes and sizes we see around us today, and in some ways even more remarkably in those life forms that have long gone extinct. How does this variation come about? And is it limited in its possibilities, or infinite? Dr Emma Sherratt will talk about the scientific study of animal form and whether evolution has explored all of the possibilities.
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