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Mapping the migratory route of pygmy blue whales
10 April 2014
Satellite tagging of pygmy blue whales off the west Australian coast has identified their migratory route along the Australian coastline to Indonesia.
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Complex aerial Mawson resupply nearly complete
4 April 2014
An unusual and logistically challenging helicopter resupply operation is nearly complete for Mawson research station in Antarctica.
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31 March 2014
Australia’s new Antarctic Station Leaders have recently headed south to take up their positions on the icy continent and Macquarie Island for 2014-15.
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve Expansion
29 March 2014
The Australian Government has expanded the sub-Antarctic Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve, to protect this unique environment.
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DNA holds clues to humpback whales’ age
13 March 2014
Scientists have developed the first DNA-based test for estimating the age of humpback whales, based on recent advances in human medicine.
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Elephant seal population decrease linked to polar vortex
12 March 2014
The ozone hole and changes in atmospheric circulation are implicated in a decrease in southern elephant seal abundance on Macquarie Island, according to new Australian research published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
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Volcanoes provided ice-age refuge for Antarctic biodiversity
11 March 2014
Antarctic volcanoes and other geothermal areas may have provided a refuge for biodiversity through past ice ages.
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