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News

Tuesday, 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.

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Tuesday, 09 Jul 2019

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

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Tuesday, 28 May 2019

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

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Thursday, 23 May 2019

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

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Monday, 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 (ANU) shows.









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Tuesday, 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 interests of males and females don't align.









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Events

18 Sep 2020 | 4 - 5pm

Iteroparous animals often express dramatic variation in life-history traits over the course of a lifetime.

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3 Sep 2020 | 12 - 1pm

Metascience, or metaresearch, is a field of research that has grown out of the replication crisis. Amongst other things, metascience evaluates and monitors open science initiatives and other interventions to improve scientific practices and cultures.

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27 Aug 2020 | 4 - 5pm

Menno Schilthuizen is an evolutionary biologist with the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, the Netherlands. He is also an active science writer and speaker.

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21 Aug 2020 | 4 - 5pm

Captive breeding and reintroduction are key to modern conservation, but high predation in recently released animals means reintroductions often fail.

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20 Aug 2020 | 4 - 5pm

Why is there a Replication Crisis? That is, why are there so many findings in the published scientific literature that can't be replicated, or are exaggerated far beyond reality?

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19 Aug 2020 | 12pm

Agriculture and ecosystems are tipping toward collapse due to land use and climate extremes. Irreversible feedbacks in the land system can lock in food insecurity, biodiversity loss and a hot house world.

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