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More-than-Human Space Diplomacy: Assembling Internationalism in Orbit
This article examines how diplomacy in outer space is materially assembled. Rather than treating the ISS as a neutral platform, it shows how infrastructures, technical systems, and more-than-human relations help produce internationalism in orbit.
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Publication · July 02, 2026
More-than-terrestrial diplomacy: modular politics of the International Space Station
Publication · July 02, 2026
AviFluMap: An interactive tool to assess H5N1 avian influenza incursion risk in Australia via migratory birds
Publication · July 02, 2026
Migratory Bird and Marine Mammal Surveillance Fails to Find Evidence for an HPAI H5N1 2.3.4.4b Incursion Into Australia in 2025
Abstract
The panzootic caused by high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b has been devastating for animals, globally. Despite global spread, the virus remains absent in Oceania. Herein we report the results of our fourth yea...
Publication · July 02, 2026
Manipulating monoamines reduces exploration and boldness of Mediterranean field crickets
Publication · July 02, 2026
Long- and short-term responses to climate change in body and appendage size of diverse Australian birds.
Abstract
Changes to body size and shape have been identified as potential adaptive responses to climate change, but the pervasiveness of these responses has been questioned. To address this, we measured body and appendage size from 5013 museum b...
Publication · July 02, 2026
Shorebirds Are Shrinking and Shape-Shifting: Declining Body Size and Lengthening Bills in the Past Half-Century.
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Animals are predicted to shrink and shape-shift as the climate warms, declining in size, while their appendages lengthen. Determining which types of species are undergoing these morphological changes, and why, is critical to understandi...
Publication · July 02, 2026