Australia’s unusual swimming ants take their own ‘sunglasses’ when they go to the beach – to shield their sensitive eyes from bright sunlight.

Members of the Research School of Biology will participate in three new ARC Centres of Excellence.

Staff of RSB have been awarded five Discovery grants, one LIEF grant, one Future Fellowship, and six DECRAs in the 2013 round.

Fertilizer applied to crops doesn’t necessarily stay on land. The skeletons of coral on the Great Barrier Reef are the proof.

A number of RSB staff have ben awarded NHMRC Project Grants and Fellowships to commence in 2014. RSB staff are designated in bold.

Current climate models project changes in both temperature and precipitation patterns across the globe in the coming years. Migratory species, which move to take advantage of seasonal climate patterns, are likely to be affected by these changes.

Parent birds make a calculated risk when they alert their young to the presence of a predator, a new study by Dr Tonya Haff and Professor Rob Magrath has found.

An exciting new third year course is offered in Semester 2 2014.

The comparative athleticism of fish probably isn’t a thought that crosses many people’s minds. For Sandra Binning and Dominique Roche, its more than just a thought – they’ve built swim tunnels to test fishes’ fitness.

Nemo may have found his way home, but when it comes to evolution, he and his friends encounter a whole different set of challenges.

Australia is being beaten at its own game, according to PhD student David Kainer.

Shy birds stick together and gain courage through numbers, whereas bold birds go it alone according to new research.

In August, Peter, Megan and Lauren from the Solomon Lab attended the International Congress on Plant Pathology in Beijing.

In certain circumstances, the presence of cats and foxes can actually help mammal survival by controlling mesopredators such as rats.

Expert advice and support to Australian-based LI-COR Environmental customers is now provided by researchers at The Australian National University.

Jack Jumper ants, Myrmecia croslandi, are day-active animals. Individual foragers from a single nest typically head to nest-specific Eucalyptus trees.

The malaria parasite's requirement for thiamine (vitamin B1) can be targeted for the development of novel antimalarial drugs.

Climate change could cause local extinctions of chocolate dipped damselfish that are highly specialised to the conditions on their home reef.

Dr Celeste Linde has been working with people in the Australian truffle industry who are having trouble producing their crop.

Two ARC Linkage grants have been awarded to staff of the Research School of Biology.