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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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Peiyu Yuan
Tuesday, 07 May 2019

We may be in the middle of an insect mass extinction. The once abundant Rocky Mountain locust was last seen in 1902. Under the Mikheyev Group, Peiyu Yuan used data from a related extant locust species and comparative genomics to identify artifacts in museum data of the Rocky Mountain locust.

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Monday, 04 Mar 2019

Researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) have discovered several new species of butterflies and moths in Northern Australia, identifying a conservation stronghold of national and international significance.

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Thursday, 20 Dec 2018

Seaweed plays an important role in coral reef biodiversity, with an important role in the lifecycle of several fishes.

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Bukit Timah, Singapore. Image Shoshana Rapley
Thursday, 20 Dec 2018

Alexandra Catling indulges in her passion for scientific research on a trip to south east Asian forests. And discovers leeches.

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Thursday, 20 Dec 2018

Fairy wrens can learn to recognise the alarm calls of other species.

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Events

A collage showing a woman conducting field research in a lush forest, featuring images of a waterfall, tropical plants, and close-ups of exotic flowers.
21 Jun 2024 | 3:30 - 4:30pm
A young man smiles for a selfie with a scenic river and traditional European buildings in the background.
13 Jun 2024 | 1 - 2pm

In nature, organisms do not exist in isolation. They interact with surrounding biotic and abiotic components to form complex ecological networks, such as food webs. It is the states and dynamics of these networks that then foster biodiversity at the community level or beyond.

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Three cartoon birds standing in front of a speaker in a natural setting.
7 Jun 2024 | 3:30pm

Information about danger is vital for wildlife, yet can be difficult to gain in complex environments. Anthropogenic and other noise can disrupt acoustic communication, and predators may be visually hidden in cluttered environments.

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A smiling man in a pink striped shirt standing in front of a wall covered with pink bougainvillea flowers.
30 May 2024 | 1 - 2pm

New Guinea is the heart of global linguistic diversity. New Guinea makes up 1% of the global land area as an island, containing less than <0.2% of the world's population and 20% of all languages. The obvious linguistic and anthropological question is why?

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A woman happily looks at a koala perched on a tree branch in an enclosure with eucalyptus leaves around.
24 May 2024 | 3:30 - 4:30pm

Bushfires are a major disturbance process in the Australian landscape, affecting our native wildlife and their habitat. The dry sclerophyll forests of south-eastern Australia are one of the most fire-prone regions in the world and are dominated by tree species from the Eucalyptus genus.

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A smiling middle-aged man wearing a brown sweater over a pink shirt, standing in front of lush greenery.
16 May 2024 | 1 - 2pm

The Australian Acoustic Observatory (A2O) was created five years ago, a unique infrastructure to monitor vocal fauna across Australia using a network of solar powered acoustic recorders.

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