A global expert on infrastructure says that China’s Silk Road plan to crisscross half of the Earth with massive transportation and energy projects is environmentally the riskiest venture ever undertaken. Distinguished Professor William Laurance from James Cook University in Australia notes: “China has enormous ambitions. “But with that comes enormous responsibilities.” Writing in the Nature Sustainability journal, ...
Transmissible cancers are incredibly rare in nature, yet have arisen in Tasmanian devils on at least two separate occasions. New research from the University of Cambridge identifies key anti-cancer drugs that could be trialled as a treatment for these diseases, which are threatening Tasmanian devils with extinction. The research also found that the two Tasmanian ...
The small carnivorous marsupial, known only from fossilized bone fragments called a crest-tailed mulgara, (Dasycercus cristicauda) has been extinct in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, for more than a century. Well, that’s before discovering it in the Sturt National Park, northwest of Tibooburra. The unexpected discovery was made by a team from the University of New South ...
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