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13 Aug 2014
Australian native cuckoos are engaged in an arms race, competing with each other to take over other species’ nests.
5 Mar 2014
A new study overturns long-held theories that bird song is an exclusively male trait.
20 Dec 2013
New research has found some birds choose not to reproduce so they can guard the nests of their close relatives. “One of the mysteries of evolutionary biology...
22 Apr 2013
One of Australia’s rarest birds has a new home due to the craftsmanship of students from the School of Art. The 2012 first year students from the Furniture...
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...
24 Oct 2011
The mysterious behaviour of female Eclectus parrots killing their sons immediately after they hatch has been unravelled by a team of researchers from The...
1 Jul 2011
Australian cuckoos are taking new evolutionary steps to ensure maximum chance of survival. By Lucy Wedlock
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...
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...