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Scorpions a clue to restoring ecosystems – Mirage News
Researchers from La Trobe University have found that, in the absence of natural predators such as bilbies, native scorpions are thriving in Australia’s…
Researchers from La Trobe University have found that, in the absence of natural predators such as bilbies, native scorpions are thriving in Australia’s damaged sandy landscape.
Lead researcher Heloise Gibb said Australia’s scorpion population was like an ecological barometer.
“Were they always so abundant or might this plethora of scorpions be the result of wiping out other species from the ecosystem?”
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