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  2. Thumbnail for Devils could be saviours for threatened birds in Bass Strait

    Devils could be saviours for threatened birds in Bass Strait

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1062-devils-could-be-saviours-for-threatened-birds-in-bass-strait
    24 Sep 2020: While birds and native predators may seem like an odd coupling, a recent study by University of Tasmania ecologist Matthew Fielding suggests that reintroducing native predators to the islands could help rebalance the ecosystem and protect our more
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    Little penguins could have big research impact

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/483-little-penguins-could-have-big-research-impact
    5 Dec 2017: Melbourne Zoo’s penguins have played a key role in a scientific study which found that saving some of the 400,000 seabirds killed each year globally in fishing gillnets could be as simple as changing the colour of the nets. Over a three-week
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    How have human activities been stressing out kelp forests?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/193-how-have-human-activities-been-stressing-out-kelp-forests
    15 Nov 2016: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) scientists have joined researchers from around the world to provide the first global picture of how kelp forests have changed over the last 50 years in response to stresses caused by human
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    How a biography brought me to family history

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1142-how-a-biography-brought-me-to-family-history
    11 Jun 2021: Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this article may contain the names and images of people who are now deceased. Back in the early 2000s, the Australian Dictionary of Biography decided to prepare a supplement
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    Devilish cancer cell identified

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/901-devilish-cancer-cell-identified
    6 Aug 2019: Researchers have identified the cell of origin of Devil Facial Tumour 2 (DFT2), the second transmissible cancer that was first observed in Tasmanian devils from the Channel area in south-east Tasmania in 2014. The research was performed by
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    Lessons from the life of Sarah Wentworth

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/845-lessons-from-the-life-of-sarah-wentworth
    3 Apr 2019: As her final assignment in the Diploma of Family History at the University of Tasmania, Ros Escott chose to explore the life of Sarah Wentworth, who was the wife of renowned explorer and politician, William Wentworth, and a significant character of
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    Scientists get to the bottom of wombat cubed poo mystery

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1109-scientists-get-to-the-bottom-of-wombat-cubed-poo-mystery
    28 Jan 2021: An international study into how wombats produce their distinctive cube-shaped poo has shed further light on the physics behind this biological puzzle. The research, published today in the journal Soft Matter, expands on the discovery that wombat poo
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    5 reasons why this is the coolest PhD project you’ll ever hear about

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/297-5-reasons-why-this-is-the-coolest-phd-project-youll-ever-hear-about
    7 Jun 2017: Sahan Jayasinghe came to the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) to do his PhD, and he was blown away by the opportunities. He became an astrobiologist and is exploring the possibility of life on Jupiter’s
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    Warming Tasmanian waters invite octopus migration

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/654-warming-tasmanian-waters-invite-octopus-migration
    29 Jun 2018: In a further sign of the impact of warming oceans on Tasmanian ecosystems, a species of octopus previously confined to eastern Australian waters is extending its range south, riding a new wave of warm water as ocean currents change. In a new study,
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    New female lizard research provides food for thought

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/577-new-female-lizard-research-provides-food-for-thought
    12 Apr 2018: Research led by the University of Tasmania has found the amount of food an expecting mother lizard consumes can determine how well her offspring do at solving problems. Conducted by the School of Natural Sciences, the study showed that food

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