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Topics: fish, fishing-aquaculture, marine-parks, marine-biology, research, james-cook-university-townsville-4811
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Sea turtles have a remarkable ability to find their way home, and new research from James Cook University has partly revealed their secret.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, environment-education, environmental-health, science-and-technology, research, research-organisations, townsville-4810, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, gladstone-4680, qld
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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she has an 'ironclad guarantee' there will be no 457 visas for Adani coal mine project.
Topics: coal, mining-industry, james-cook-university-townsville-4811
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Vaccines against food allergies could soon be a reality, with north Queensland scientists currently working on a world-first treatment to prevent reactions to fish.
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, food-poisoning, food-safety, science-and-technology, townsville-4810, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, qld
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| UpdatedEighty to 100 per cent of coral reefs surrounding Lizard Island off far north Queensland are now dead as a result of coral bleaching, scientists say.
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A study of damselfish on the Great Barrier Reef off far north Queensland finds they will try to adapt to increasing ocean temperatures by relocating.
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Footage shows turtles struggling across the sand to reach the safety of the ocean, but some are taken by waiting seagulls.
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| UpdatedScientists open a new research centre in Queensland to try and unravel the mysteries of green turtles and stop their high mortality rates.
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A decade-long tiger shark study on the Great Barrier Reef has found the apex predators prefer an easy meal to stalking prey.
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Topics: animal-science, illegal-fishing, earth-sciences, cairns-4870, charles-darwin-university-0909, james-cook-university-townsville-4811
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Researchers of Australia's four species of rare sawfish develop an easier way to find the estuaries the fish exist in.
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| UpdatedA decade-long tiger shark study on the Great Barrier Reef finds the apex predators prefer an easy meal to stalking prey.
Topics: shark, human-interest, great-barrier-reef, environment, environmental-management, environmental-impact, environment-education, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, cooktown-4895, cairns-4870
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Cases of a debilitating disease that results in lesions on sea turtles off north Queensland are rising, with a researcher suspecting a link between the disease and the health of the Great Barrier Reef.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, marine-biology, great-barrier-reef, magnetic-island-4819, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedA survey of reefs off Townsville in north Queensland finds an increase in the amount of coral despite the recent bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef.
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| UpdatedMany are not even old enough to vote, but a group of university students has created a national newsroom to cover the federal election.
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| UpdatedDr John Pandolfi from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, explains the latest report on bleaching, which has found 50 per-cent of the northern parts of the Great Barrier Reef are dying.
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A hand held device being developed at James Cook University in Townsville could help reduce massive stock losses at fish farms.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, fish, women-in-agriculture, agricultural-chemicals, research, marine-biology, biotechnology, pests, pest-management, university-and-further-education, townsville-4810, james-cook-university-townsville-4811, bowen-4805, guthalungra-4805
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| UpdatedA hand-held device is being developed at James Cook University in Townsville which could help reduce massive stock losses at fish farms.
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A hand held device being developed at James Cook University in Townsville could help reduce massive stock losses at fish farms.
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| UpdatedQuestions about the risks of shipping coal through the Great Barrier Reef are raised after a study shows coal dust released into seawater kills corals and slows seagrass and fish growth.
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