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  2. Thumbnail for Securing the future of the Tassie devil looks brighter

    Securing the future of the Tassie devil looks brighter

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/securing-the-future-of-the-tassie-devil-looks-brighter
    9 May 2024: In good news for the Tasmanian devil, $320,000 of philanthropic funds from Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal donors has been awarded this year in support of research to secure the endangered species. The donations have been allocated to research across
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    A biting discovery about Tasmanian devils

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/a-biting-discovery-about-tasmanian-devils
    13 Dec 2023: A Tasmanian devil expert has uncovered an evolutionary quirk that sets carnivorous marsupials apart from the crowd – and the secret lies behind their smiles. Professor Menna Jones from the University of Tasmania’s School of Natural Sciences has
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    Tasmanian devil declines impact quolls

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/tasmanian-devil-declines-impact-quolls
    18 Jan 2024: A steep drop in the population of the endangered Tasmanian devil is creating knock-on effects to the evolutionary genetics of the spotted-tailed quoll, according to a new Nature Ecology & Evolution study. A global research team including experts from
  5. Thumbnail for Funding for future forestry growth and innovation

    Funding for future forestry growth and innovation

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/funding-for-future-forestry-growth-and-innovation
    28 Jun 2023: The University of Tasmania has been granted a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity to host a national institute focused on supporting research for Australia’s forest industries. The Australian Government will invest more than $100 million to
  6. Thumbnail for Groundbreaking study reveals warming tundra's impact on carbon emissions

    Groundbreaking study reveals warming tundra's impact on carbon…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/groundbreaking-study-reveals-warming-tundras-impact-on-carbon-emissions
    19 Apr 2024: Groundbreaking study reveals warming tundra's impact on carbon emissionsA groundbreaking study published today in Nature shows the intricate relationship between climate change and carbon release in Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems. The study,
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    Future wildfire warning for Australia

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/236-future-wildfire-warning-for-australia
    7 Feb 2017: University of Tasmania Professor of Environmental Change Biology David Bowman led an international collaboration - including researchers from the University of Idaho and South Dakota State University - to compile a global satellite database of the
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    Tails you lose for lizards

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/888-tails-you-lose-for-lizards
    21 Jul 2019: The natural ability of lizards to drop and then regrow their tails is a neat evolutionary trick that allows them to avoid predators and remain alive. But new research from the University of Tasmania - published recently in Biology Letters - reveals
  9. Thumbnail for Possums bounce back on Maria Island

    Possums bounce back on Maria Island

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/927-possums-bounce-back-on-maria-island
    23 Sep 2019: The recent introduction of healthy Tasmanian Devils to Maria Island was initially bad news for the local possum population, a species blissfully ignorant of the predator’s existence. But the ability of the prey species to rapidly modify its
  10. Thumbnail for Study uncovers consequences of Molnupiravir use to treat COVID-19

    Study uncovers consequences of Molnupiravir use to treat COVID-19

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/study-uncovers-consequences-of-molnupiravir-use-to-treat-covid-20
    8 Apr 2024: A collaboration between the University of Tasmania and Royal Hobart Hospital Pathology has revealed the consequences of using Molnupiravir to treat COVID-19. Published in Lancet Microbe, the study investigated how Molnupiravir affects the virus in a
  11. Thumbnail for Moreton Bay bug on the menu

    Moreton Bay bug on the menu

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/664-moreton-bay-bug-on-the-menu
    16 Jul 2018: The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researchers who developed a world-first method to breed rock lobsters commercially have now paved the way for a Moreton Bay bug aquaculture industry in Tasmania. Based at IMAS’s Taroona
  12. Thumbnail for Kudos for cracking cubed poo code

    Kudos for cracking cubed poo code

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/923-kudos-for-cracking-cubed-poo-code
    16 Sep 2019: A cubed conundrum has for decades baffled bushwalkers and biological scientists alike. New research from the University of Tasmania’s Dr Scott Carver, Dr Ashley Edwards and Dr Alynn Martin – together with Georgia Tech’s Professor David Hu –
  13. Thumbnail for Changing climate puts the heat on regeneration

    Changing climate puts the heat on regeneration

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/622-changing-climate-puts-the-heat-on-regeneration
    30 May 2018: Regeneration after bushfires could be compromised by climate change, research shows. Scientists from the University of Tasmania’s School of Natural Sciences looked at how certain chemicals, produced by bushfires and crucial to stimulating new
  14. Thumbnail for Seismic airguns' noise harming scallops

    Seismic airguns' noise harming scallops

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/415-seismic-airguns-noise-harming-scallops
    18 Sep 2017: Tests conducted by researchers from Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and Curtin University have found that noise from seismic airguns used for marine oil and gas exploration significantly increases mortality in scallops. Published
  15. Thumbnail for Designer rice could help beat diabetes, cancer, and obesity

    Designer rice could help beat diabetes, cancer, and obesity

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/172-designer-rice-could-help-beat-diabetes-cancer-and-obesity
    20 Oct 2016: Scientists have discovered a way to increase the production of resistant starch in rice, which could have beneficial health consequences for more than half of the world’s population. University of Tasmania School of Biological Sciences Professor
  16. Thumbnail for No simple trigger for soil ‘carbon bomb’

    No simple trigger for soil ‘carbon bomb’

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/558-no-simple-trigger-for-soil-carbon-bomb
    12 Mar 2018: A new international study has found the relationship between soil carbon and its impact on global warming is more complicated than first thought. Research lead author Professor Natasja van Gestel from Texas Tech University was joined by a team of
  17. Thumbnail for Here's what makes lizards bond with their babies

    Here's what makes lizards bond with their babies

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/501-heres-what-makes-lizards-bond-with-their-babies
    18 Dec 2017: Reptiles who give birth to live young are more likely to bond with their offspring, leading to family life, compared to reptiles who lay eggs, new research has found. Researchers from the University of Tasmania and Lund University (Sweden) studied
  18. Thumbnail for Researchers join forces to help save Tassie wombats

    Researchers join forces to help save Tassie wombats

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/893-researchers-join-forces-to-help-save-tassie-wombats
    24 Jul 2019: New research is offering hope that the deadly mange disease affecting Tasmanian wombats could eventually be brought under control for wild individuals and populations. Long-term disease control or eradication in wildlife is rare and represents a
  19. Thumbnail for Smoke signals way to best practice

    Smoke signals way to best practice

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/706-smoke-signals-way-to-best-practice
    10 Aug 2018: A real-world experiment is drawing on the concept of renewal ecology to help explore the relationship between fire and herbivore activity in Tasmania’s Midlands. Researchers from the University of Tasmania’s School of Natural Sciences, in
  20. Thumbnail for How researchers are trying to save Australia's precious native animals

    How researchers are trying to save Australia's precious native…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/331-how-researchers-are-trying-to-save-australias-precious-native-animals
    28 Jun 2017: There has been a widespread decline of many native marsupials, with 29 Australian mammals now extinct – the highest rate of mammal extinction in the world. A further 30 per cent of our surviving mammal species are now listed as threatened. 29the
  21. Thumbnail for How do we know when trees will die?

    How do we know when trees will die?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/656-how-do-we-know-when-trees-will-die
    4 Jul 2018: New research has confirmed failure of the water transport system causes tree mortality in drought, with scientists advocating a new optical technique which will help assess vulnerability of forests to future damage. Researchers from the University

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