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Mustard plants produces glucosinolate to repel specific bugs. Image: Shutterstock

Nature’s spicy insect repellent

Mustard plants have developed a defense mechanism against insects.

Myotis muricola from Kuningan, West Java. Otherwise known as the wall-roosting mouse-eared bat, it is a species of vesper bat. Image: Universiti Putra Malaysia

New bat species found in Malaysia

Misclassification of species suggests that there is need for a revision of the taxonomic status of muricola bats.

The Abel Tasman could start fishing for jack mackerel and redbait in Australian waters. Image: Shutterstock

Can Australia’s shores cope with a super trawler?

What do history and science tell us about the impacts of trawling.

There are less than 3,000 tigers in the wild. Image: Shutterstock

Tigers on the brink of extinction

Tigers and humans try to coexist, but will we be able to save this endangered species?

Sea otters play an important role in reducing C02 emissions. Image: Shutterstock

Urchin-loving otters fight global warming

Hearty appetite allows kelp forests to thrive and absorb carbon dioxide.

The Icelandic horse is a "five-gaited" breed: it can walk, trot, canter/gallop, tölt and pace. Image: Wikimedia Commons

A single gene controls movement in vertebrates

Scientists have found that one gene is responsible for variability in locomotion in horses and mice.

Captivity and a vaccination may now be the only way to save this iconic animal. Image: Cloudia Newland/Shutterstock

Deadly devil disease is here to stay

The devil is apparently in the chromosomes.

With our population expected to grow by two billion by 2050, a vegetarian diet may be our only option. Image: Shutterstock.

Will we be restricted to a vegetarian diet by 2050?

Too much water required to ‘grow’ a steak.

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Dancing chromatophores

Music has the ability to get these pigmented cephalopod cells moving to the beat.

A tammar wallaby and her joey. The joey will remain in its mothers pouch for the first 200 days after its birth. Image: Shutterstock

Selective imprinting: how the wallaby controls the growth of its young

Many imprinted genes regulate growth and nutrient provisioning for the developing fetus.

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