Thursday, February 26th, 2015
Judas camels betray their mates
Scientists say “Judas camels” fitted with tracking devices greatly enhance the chances of finding and culling wild camels.
Photo courtesy Kylee Birchall-Hunt
Associate Professor Peter Spencer says feral camels are difficult to locate as they occupy 37 per cent of the continent with a density of only .3 animals per square kilometre.
Science Network [read this story]
Tags: Camels Science and nature ,
Categories: Environment
Sunday, January 4th, 2015
Unique serrated spear points first made 1,000 years ago
Serrated spear heads called “Kimberley points” first appeared just 1,000 years ago, scientists say.
They were made somewhere in the central south Kimberley, perhaps by a select few craftsmen.
Science Network [read this story]
Tags: Fitzroy Valley Science and nature ,
Categories: Aboriginal
Saturday, December 6th, 2014
No cyclones 13,000 years ago
New research shows cyclones only began about 13,000 years ago in northern Australia.
Before that, conditions were colder and much drier.
The evidence comes from a core of the ocean floor, showing red and brown mud from flooded rivers appearing as cyclonic weather kicked in.
Science Network [read this story]
Tags: Science and nature ,
Categories: Environment
Friday, November 21st, 2014
Roebuck Plains: Cameras detect rare wallabies, feared extinct
Yawuru rangers have found rare spectacled hare wallabies at Roebuck Plains.
The World Wildlife Fund trained the rangers to operate remote wildlife cameras, which they set and left running for two months.
Science Network WA [read this story]
Tags: Indigenous Rangers Roebuck Plains Science and nature Wallabies ,
Categories: Broome, Environment
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
Cape Domett turtles hatch more males
Scientists says more male flat back turtles are hatching from nests at Cape Domett.
Turtle tracks
Sex in turtles is determined by sand temperature, and Cape Domett turtles hatch in winter, where increased rainfall is making the sands cooler.
Meanwhile, hotter summers are making beaches in places like Broome hotter, and more females are hatching.
It is hoped the boost in male numbers at Cape Domett will help make up the sex imbalance when they are old enough to mate in several decades’ time.
Science Network WA [read this story]
Tags: Cape Domett Science and nature Turtles ,
Categories: Environment
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014
Addis is new Regional Development boss
Ralph Addis is now Director General of the department in charge of Royalties for Regions funding.
Mr Addis has been CEO of Wunan Foundation and Chair of the Kimberley Development Corporation.
PSnews [read this story]
Tags: Clubs & organisations ,
Categories: Business and finance, Government, People
Monday, November 3rd, 2014
Missing Hedland man: Police suspect homicide
Police are now treating the Lindsay Judas case as a suspected homicide.
Photo: WA Police
Mr Judas, 55, disappeared in January last year while on a solo fishing trip to Broome.
He was employed as a bus driver by a mining company, working out of Hedland.
His vehicle turned up later in Queensland.
PerthNow [read this story]
Categories: Broome, Police and courts
Tuesday, October 28th, 2014
Are tree frogs spreading lungworm?
Scientists say common green tree frogs may be spreading lungworm.
Photo by Rod Hartvigsen
They have an immune system that can handle the parasite, but may be carrying it from one species to another.
Lungworm is fatal to cane toads (which can’t climb) to magnificent common green tree frogs (which spend little time on the ground).
Prof Rick Shine says magnificent green tree frogs living in remote areas, which cane toads don’t like, will probably survive.
Science Network WA [read this story]
Tags: Cane Toads Science and nature ,
Categories: Environment
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