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2 Jun 2010
By Anna Salleh for ABC Science Online. Male fiddler crabs spy on their competitors to work out when a potential female mate is around, Australian researchers...
4 May 2010
Tom Bennett has received top marks in studies of evolution and advanced genetics at ANU, and has already been published in the Proceedings of the National...
3 May 2010
Tanya Detto, Michael Jennions and Patricial Blackell's paper "When and why do territorial coalitions occur? Experimental evidence from a fiddler crab" was...
9 Mar 2010
Bull ants wait for twilight before they start foraging for food, instead of just relying on their body clocks or the temperature, according to a study from The...
9 Mar 2010
The first set of Tasmanian Devils’ genetic sequencing has revealed the origin of the unique transmissible cancer now devastating the devil population, offering...
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...