The warning comes from the Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Disease (AB-CRC). AB-CRC chief executive officer Dr. Stephen Prowse says a study has revealed a number of global hot-spots where new and unknown ...
6 Jan 2009
London, January 5 (ANI): Contrary to the suggestion that modern koalas are dwarf descendants of prehistoric giant koalas that got extinct about 50,000 years ago, an Australian palaeontologist has established that the two species lived side by side ...
4 Jan 2009
Modern koalas grow to be 10kg; 50,000 years ago, koalas weighing two to three times as much died out. Photo / AP Hundreds of thousands of years ago, giant versions of Australia's unique wildlife stalked the continent. There were kangaroos up to 3m ...
4 Jan 2009
No comments posted. Anxiety about global warming was listed as among top voter concerns in the last presidential election. And here's one more reason for fear of a hot planet: If climate change raises temperatures, there is less chance of a Polar ...
3 Jan 2009
KANGAROO ISLAND, Australia -- The development of a luxury lodge along the pristine south coast of Australia's Kangaroo Island might be one of the most controversial developments here to date. But one thing is certain: "KI" now has a resort equipped ...
1 Jan 2009
Ramapo 59, Arlington 57: At Ramapo, Beatrice Wilson scored 14 of her 18 points in the second half for the Gryphons. Teammate Jameisha Parker had 17 points.
7 Jan 2009
Good Counsel 33, Blessed Sacrament 31: At Good Counsel, Meghan Massaroni scored what proved to be the winning basket with 17 seconds left. Whitney Larson led the Cougars with 12 points. Dinorah Woods scored 11 points for the Cardinals.
7 Jan 2009
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7 Jan 2009
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7 Jan 2009
Everyone loves New Year's resolutions. Secretly. Outwardly we complain about them with requisite slacker disinterest. My friend Lisa was dismissive when I asked about her resolutions last week. "I don't care to set my life goals to the schedule of some arbitrary Julian calendar!" That's what she said. Or ma
7 Jan 2009
Australian biosecurity experts have warned that Australia is surrounded to its north by a 'ring of fire' where new human and animal plagues could appear with very little warning and with potentially dire consequences.
6 Jan 2009
New Fear: Koala's. Some nice person got Syd a subscription to National Geographic Kids. I don't know who it was but she LOVES it. I was paging through it and saw this: I almost screamed out loud! Someone agree with me here that picture ...
8 Jan 2009
An apology to koalas everywhere. Forgive me my furry marsupial friends....I besmirched your reputations by inferring in the post below that you all had syphillis. Pardon me. It's actually chlamydia that you tend to suffer from. ...
8 Jan 2009
The company's robotic lineup for 2009 include everything from plush, animatronic robots that mimic the behaviour of baby animals, to pocket-sized iPod projectors and miniature, motorised planes. Plus more technology news in Crave, ...
8 Jan 2009
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, giant versions of Australia's unique wildlife stalked the continent. There were kangaroos up to 3m tall and enormous wallabies, wombats and echidnas…
4 Jan 2009
Koalas are not exactly nature's hardiest creatures. Adapted to feed on the leaves of just two dozen types of trees, which barely provide adequate nutrition, the koalas also lack any real defensive tools or skills. ...
31 Dec 2008
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