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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

11 May 2023 | 1pm

Understanding how diversity is maintained in biological systems is a fundamental problem in biology. When addressing this problem, ecologists tend to focus on mechanisms that maintain species diversity, while typically ignoring the ecological and evolutionary consequences of diversity within species.

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28 Apr 2023 | 3:30pm

What is the meaning of life? … I’m afraid the answer is disappointingly simple: Mating. That’s it” written by the author Oliver Markus.

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27 Apr 2023 | 1pm

Group-living animals form social relationships that can influence their fitness in a variety of ways.

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14 Apr 2023 | 3:30pm

Tropical forests are globally important ecosystems that have absorbed a large portion of CO2 from fossil fuel emissions to date.

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Two scientific illustrations of a brain with labeled parts displaying different angles for comparative study.
23 Mar 2023 | 1pm

Substantial research demonstrates the importance of mate choice to speciation, yet we know little about the molecular mechanisms that underpin this crucial decision-making process.

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A smiling man in a red polo shirt and a lanyard standing in an office setting.
16 Mar 2023 | 1pm

In many biological processes the emergence of spatio-temporal patterns depends on the interaction between pairs of individuals, agents or subunits comprising the whole system.

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