21 Feb 2017

The Australian National University (ANU) Research School of Biology has awarded the inaugural Ralph Slatyer Medal for outstanding biological research to...

20 Feb 2017

Jennie Mallela recently co-taught the ANU coral reef field course, with colleagues from the Research School of Earth Sciences, up in the southern Great Barrier...

30 Jan 2017

Crabs that invade smaller crab species’ habitat overpower and evict incumbents from their burrows, but the two species ultimately co-exist and join...

30 Jan 2017

January is not normally thought of as a teaching-heavy month, but RSB members were involved in a number of outreach events early this year.

16 Jan 2017

2016 Functional Ecology undergraduate field trip, made by RSB's own Pip Beale.

20 Dec 2016

Our friend and colleague Sylvain Foret died in his sleep on 17 December, while on a trip in Spain. His wife, Toop, was travelling with him.  Their two young...

15 Dec 2016

Susanne von Caemmerer was awarded the Peter Baume Award at the December 2016 ANU graduation and prizegiving ceremony

1 Dec 2016

Nearly 100 RSB graduate students gave talks about their research, and more presented their work as posters, at the 2016 annual RSB HDR Conference this month....

1 Dec 2016

The female Superb Fairy-Wren has the ability to change the size of the eggs it lays, a biological feat which could buffer against the effects of...

29 Nov 2016

Panic grasses could hold the secret to increasing the yields of cereal crops and help feed the world with increasing temperature extremes and a population of...

29 Nov 2016

On Monday, 28 November, Emeritus Professor Howard Bradbury passed away.

28 Nov 2016

Alex Maier has been awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Public Policy and Outreach. Alex is the driving force behind an innovative outreach activity, the...