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13 Jun 2011
Australian superb fairy-wrens learn how to recognise threats to their species through social learning. Research from the ANU has found the first direct...
19 May 2011
Bees remember landmarks and read information from the sky to find their way home from an amazing 11 kilometres away and over several days’ travel, a new study...
2 May 2011
The baffling question of why some animals help raise offspring which aren't their own is closer to being answered, thanks to new research from The...
27 Apr 2011
Prospects for recovery of lost vision have brightened with the release of new scientific findings showing that the use of gentle near infra-red light can...
15 Apr 2011
A study from The Australian National University has revealed for the first time how an animal sees and responds to predatory attacks in its natural environment.
9 Feb 2011
Babies crying with hunger may attract annoyed looks from bystanders, but in the bird world noisily crying nestlings are likely to pay the ultimate price,...
9 Feb 2011
A trigger for the most common form of vision loss and blindness in Australia has been discovered thanks to research conducted with help from Australian eye...
13 Jan 2011
Australian cuckoo birds have taken a new evolutionary step - mimicking the colour of their host young to avoid certain death, according to a study by...
11 Jan 2011
At graduation ceremony held on December 10, 2010, five of the year’s RSB Honours cohort were awarded University Medals. The recipients were: Rosalind...
11 Jan 2011
Congratulations to the following members of the Research School of Biology, who have been promoted in the 2010 round: To level E: Lindell Bromham (EEG) To...
5 Jan 2011
Gaining an insight into the implications of vision loss may now be as simple as donning a pair of ‘vision goggles’, thanks to a creative new teaching aid....
10 Dec 2010
A genome-level study of two closely-related infectious fungi, that can affect maize crops, is offering scientists new ways of understanding how to breed more...