CANBERRA – Hundreds of farmers from across Australia held a protest on Sept 10 against government farming policies they said were influenced by environmental and animal welfare activists and which were harming their livelihoods. Australia is one of the world’s biggest agricultural exporters, and farmers nationwide are increasingly angry with the centre-left Labor government that […]
Bilby DNA blueprint may help save iconic Australian animal from extinction
In short: Researchers mapped out a ‘genetic map’, or genome, of the greater bilby, which is a threatened species. The genome reveals secrets of the bilby’s evolutionary and population history while giving hope for its conservation future. What’s next? Having the bilby genome opens up a plethora of research avenues from understanding their biological adaptations, […]