Tail loss in skinks
Metallic skinks store most of their tail fat near the base of the tail, minimising the energy lost when their tails are shed to escape predators.
From This Issue
Medicinal roots
Mystery owl gives two hoots
Greeting Elliot the sauropod
Finding non-fish diets for prawns
Wildlife in the firing line
Sleepy lizards guard mates
Tail loss in skinks
Weevils worth millions
Being waterwise in spaceship suburbia
Talking textiles
Patch genetics
Blue moves
Hollow histories
A lesson from Mt Lofty
Jury out on currawongs
An educated rush
Young turks
Weedy wattles
Cattle and conservation can be a costly mix
Facing extinction
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