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As Varroa spreads, now is the time to fight for Australia’s honey bees – and you can help
We have a small and vanishing window to collect bees before the inevitable rapid spread of the varroa mites, and the mass die-offs, occur.
We discovered two new Australian native mammals – the first of their kind this century
Australia can lay claim to two new native mammal species, discovered as part of collaborative new research published in the journal Molecular Ecology.
An arachnophobe and an arachnophile walk into a lab
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18 March 2024
Professor Craig Moritz, Director of the Research School of Biology
Professor Craig Moritz, Director of the Research School of Biology
6 March 2024
Szymon Drobniak, Jagiellonian University (Poland)
Birds are some of the most colourful organisms on Earth - no wonder they are one of the most studied models in the evolutionary ecology of colour signalling.
23 February 2024
Audrey Prasetya, Moritz Group, E&E, RSB
Despite only taking up 3% of the world’s total landmass area, the Indo-Australian Archipelago holds a disproportionate amount of biodiversity.
2 February 2024
Rosie Harris, Nicotra Group, E&E, RSB
My thesis explores the relationships between temperature and photosynthetic organismal physiology, focusing on the thermal tolerance of land plants and seaweeds, which are crucial...
27 November 2023
Richard Turner, Kruuk Group, E&E, RSB
A fundamental challenge in animal ecology research lies in the ability to understand the factors that shape the evolution and plasticity of behaviours, life histories, and...
27 November 2023
Andreas Bachler, Stone Group, Biological Data Science Institute (BDSI)
The Cotton Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, is a globally distributed polyphagous pest with a profound economic and environmental impact.
2 November 2023
Alex Skeels, Cardillo Group, RSB
The extraordinary diversity of life has evolved alongside major changes in Earth’s climate and geography and understanding this link is one of the key goals of evolutionary...
20 October 2023
Yusuke Fukuda, Moritz Group, E&E, RSB
Human-crocodile conflict is becoming a conservation challenge worldwide. The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is the largest (>6 m total length, >1000kg) and most...
19 October 2023
R. Manjunatha Kini, National University of Singapore
Toxins are thought as villains as they cause death and debilitation. In reality, they have contributed more to improving our lives than cause death.
16 October 2023
Professor Justin Borevitz
Biodiversity rests on a foundation of adaptive and neutral variation within populations and species, that interact in communities or coexist in assemblages, to define ecosystems...
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