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JCU surveys mangroves in wake of mass dieback
Sun, 28 May 2017
A team from James Cook University’s TropWATER centre will film every mangrove between Cairns and Cape York following an unprecedented dieback of the trees in the Gulf of Carpentaria last year.

Lost at sea: mum and dad build homes to keep baby corals close
Tue, 23 May 2017
Coral larvae depend on their parents to create nooks and crannies for them so that they can stay, settle and re-establish after a reef has been damaged, according to new findings published this week.

Ferals hunt goes hi-tech
Wed, 17 May 2017
Scientists will use state-of-the-art technology to hunt feral pigs and buffalo in Australia’s remote north.

Weed terminator to get sharper eyes
Thu, 4 May 2017
A James Cook University scientist building a weed-killing robot has received funding from the Federal Government to improve its vision.

Coral killers face the bitter end
Thu, 27 Apr 2017
The battle to stop the spread of the destructive Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (CoTS) has received a boost: an innovative method of killing the pest has been proven safe to other marine life and will now be introduced on the Great Barrier Reef.

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