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4 Apr 2013
A new joint initiative between ANU and CSIRO, the Centre for Biodiversity Analysis (CBA), has been formed to coordinate, develop and promote the rapidly...
11 Mar 2013
A study published in Nature Geoscience concludes that climate-induced damage to tropical forests may be lower than previously thought. Owen Atkin and Patrick...
5 Mar 2013
A genetically mosaic Eucalyptus tree is able to control which leaves are saved from predation because of alterations in its genes, according to Amanda Padovan...
27 Feb 2013
Graham Farquar (Division of Plant Science) has been awarded an Einstein Professorship by the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS). The Professorships are awarded...
26 Feb 2013
Professor Craig Moritz has been awarded the prestigious Molecular Ecology Prize for 2012.
19 Feb 2013
Venomous creatures have somewhat of a PR problem. But what if the venomous telson at the end of its tail held the cure to crippling diseases?
14 Feb 2013
Researchers have discovered how a new class of antimalarial drugs kills the malaria parasite, showing that the drugs block a pump at the parasite surface,...
29 Jan 2013
The rare Murray River crayfish has become an unlikely movie star, thanks to a new underwater video surveying technique that has revealed the species may be...
16 Jan 2013
Michael Roderick has been awarded the 2013 John Dalton Medal of the European Geophysical Society, Section on Hydrological Sciences for seminal contributions to...
16 Jan 2013
Amanda Edworthy, a PhD student in Naomi Langmore's Lab (EEG) is the recipient of a Margaret Middleton Award for research into endangered Australian native...
16 Jan 2013
Dr Ulrike Mathesius of the Plant Science Division has been awarded the prestigious Fenner Medal for 2013. The Fenner Medal is awarded by the Australian Academy...
15 Jan 2013
Tiny coral reef wrasses can swim as fast as some of the swiftest fish in the ocean – but using only half as much energy to do so, Australian scientists working...