1 Aug 2019

New research from Australia and Finland could help explain one of nature's strangest quirks - why some animals forego mating to help other animals...

1 Aug 2019

Learn more about forest ecologist Helen Bothwell.

23 Jul 2019

A recent study found that juvenile blue-tongue lizards have adult-like learning ability which might give them the edge they need to survive all by themselves.

9 Jul 2019

Meet Dr Jennie Mallela, and of course she’s clever enough to have a PhD.

28 May 2019

Dan Noble and his research group explore how early developmental experiences impact physiology and metabolic function, and subsequently life history, using...

23 May 2019

David Duchêne uses phylogenomics to study the diversification of Australian marsupials.

20 May 2019

A region's climate has a greater impact than landscape on how many languages are spoken there, new research from The Australian National University (...

14 May 2019

Lead researcher Dr Megan Head says her study shows sexually transmitted diseases can act as a mediator for sexual conflict, which occurs when the evolutionary...

7 May 2019

We may be in the middle of an insect mass extinction. The once abundant Rocky Mountain locust was last seen in 1902. Under the Mikheyev Group, Peiyu Yuan used...

4 Mar 2019

Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered several new species of butterflies and moths in Northern Australia, identifying a...

14 Feb 2019

Researchers at the ANU Research School of Biology have made a remarkable discovery about a group of lizards, and how they've managed to thrive in...

20 Dec 2018

Alexandra Catling indulges in her passion for scientific research on a trip to south east Asian forests. And discovers leeches.