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Researchers in Australia have developed a nasal spray that could lessen sleep apnea’s severity and decrease blood pressure, providing a new potential treatment for the widespread condition.Australian researchers have discovered that a bedtime nasal spray has the potential to reduce the severity of sleep apnea in people and lower their blood pressure.The new research published in The Journal of Heart and Circulatory Physiology offers hope to millions of people around the world affected by sleep apnoea, a common and…

Lake Tagimoucia as seen from Des Voeux Peak on Taveuni, Fiji. Both the lake and the peak have been the sites where new species were found. The Peak in particular is where the first Fijian Hylaeus were collected for this project. Credit: James Dorey PhotographyRecent scientific research conducted by Flinders University has led to the discovery of eight new bee species in the Pacific and has provided fresh insights into the behavior of birds in Fiji on Viti Levu Island.The studies, both funded by fieldwork supported by the…

Life reconstruction of Harajicadectes zhumini, a 40 cm long lobe-finned fish that is not too distantly related to the fishes that gave rise to the earliest limbed tetrapods. Credit: Brian Choo, Flinders UniversityThe rivers of Australia, which once flowed across its now dry interior, used to host a range of bizarre animals – including a sleek predatory lobe-finned fish with large fangs and bony scales.The newly described fossil fish discovered in remote fossil fields west of Alice Springs has been named Harajicadectes…

One of two new species of the mysterious Urodacus genus of burrowing scorpions – with many more museum specimens still to be described. Credit: B Buzatto (Flinders University)New research has uncovered unexpected characteristics in two newly identified species of burrowing scorpions, including a very strangely shaped ‘tail tip’ and some ‘sexy’ anatomy features.Terrestrial biologists from South Australia’s Flinders University, West Australian universities, and the Museum of WA have taken a closer look at two new species of…

As sea levels rose, researchers believe the landscape changed from semi-arid to coastal and finally the present-day floodplain. Credit: Dr Jarrad Kowlessar, Flinders University.New research revealed that the selection of internationally significant rock art sites in Arnhem Land was not random. Instead, these sites were “chosen” for the crucial vantage points they offered.The Flinders University research team, working in collaboration with the Njanjma Rangers and Erre Traditional Owners, used aerial and drone surveys,…

New research has uncovered the genetic connections of the legendary killer whale, Old Tom, to modern New Zealand killer whales, suggesting the local extinction of his kind. The study also decolonizes the history of Eden’s whaling, emphasizing the historic bond between Indigenous Australians and killer whales. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Evolutionary biologists have successfully unraveled the genetic lineage of a renowned killer whale in Australia for the first time. For the first time, evolutionary biologists have unraveled…

A flock of Cryptogyps lacertosus (left) watch on and wait their turn as several individuals of Dynatoaetus pachyosteus (center, right) feed from the carcass of a dead Diprotodon optatum in the Late Pleistocene Naracoorte landscape in southern Australia. Credit: Natural history reconstruction artist John Barrie (courtesy Flinders University)A new eagle and vulture have been discovered in fossil deposits.Australia’s only vulture, and a fearsome extinct eagle, are among the earliest recorded birds of prey from the…