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22 Feb 2010
An abundance of food and lack of predators following the extinction of dinosaurs saw previously flighted birds fatten up and become flightless, according to...
22 Feb 2010
A pioneer in the study of marsupial genomics and a humanitarian who has worked with agencies like the Red Cross received honours on Australia Day 2010....
19 Feb 2010
A lost desert ant will use the distance of its foraging excursion to work out a sophisticated search pattern to get home safely, according to new research from...
15 Jan 2010
A new genetic map of parasitic wasp species could open up avenues for insect pest control and reduce reliance on chemical pesticides. http://news.anu.edu.au/?p...
18 Dec 2009
Congratulations to the following members of RSB for winning 2009 Joint College Awards for Excellence in Education: Chris Fulton for Individual Award for...
4 Nov 2009
Male Fiddler Crabs will quite happily protect a female neighbour, but do so partly in exchange for sex, according to a new study from The Australian National...
2 Nov 2009
Dr Michael Roderick, a science researcher from the ANU Research School of Biology and the Research School of Earth Sciences, was awarded the 2009 Australasian...
2 Nov 2009
An international group of plant scientists, led by Dr Gonzalo Estavillo and Professor Barry Pogson have discovered a subtle mutation in Arabidopsis which may...
29 Oct 2009
Dr Gwen Allison and colleagues in the Medical School have won an ALTC award for “Programs that Enhance Learning” for the Medical School Research Projects...
25 Sep 2009
The discovery of exactly how the malaria parasite resists the effects of the drug chloroquine could lead to a resurgence in the use of this one-time ‘wonder...
22 Sep 2009
Only 30 million years ago Australian and New Guinean echidnas had an amphibious, platypus-like ancestor, according to a new study published in the Proceedings...
21 Sep 2009
Size may matter, Australian scientists have found. In possibly the first study of its kind, Australian National University biologists found that female...