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Tuesday, 02 May 2023
Wednesday, 12 Apr 2023

A new study shows that we can use existing conservation data to predict which currently unthreatened species could become threatened and take proactive action to prevent their decline before it is too late.

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Friday, 10 Mar 2023

Superb fairy-wrens are more likely to take risks to help members of their close social circle, according to a new study.

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Tuesday, 13 Dec 2022

Dr Tobias Hayashi studied a delicate little native orchid with a cool and clever adaptation to attract pollinators.

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Monday, 28 Nov 2022

While most spiders are creatures of solitude, a study involving researchers from ANU has found some species have become more gregarious.  

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Wednesday, 19 Oct 2022

Helen Osmond has watched the ins and outs of one superb fairy-wren population for three decades.

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Events

2 Sep 2021 | 4pm

For more than 50 years, the scientific study of animal behaviour has been defined by Tinbergen’s Four Questions. Two of his questions consider the connection between evolution and animal behaviour. They ask: how is behaviour is adaptive, and what is its evolutionary history?

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12 Aug 2021 | 12 - 1pm

Invited Panel: Michael Kasumovic & Dominique Potvin

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Three capuchin monkeys in a natural setting, with overlay diagrams and mathematical equations suggesting communication between them.
6 Aug 2021 | 4pm

Using information adaptively is crucial to survival. Accordingly, animals have evolved sensory and cognitive systems for detecting and processing information, including from other individuals.

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5 Aug 2021 | 2pm

New developments in robotics, virtual reality, and especially artificial intelligence (AI) are giving rise to a new type of technologies: the ‘artificial intimacies’.

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2 Jun 2021 | 1 - 2pm

Want to get funded? The College Research Office (CRO) in the College of Science is here to help you with that. The CRO provides administrative support at every stage of your funding journey, from pre-to post-award and everything in between.

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27 May 2021 | 4 - 5pm

Invited Panel: Ary Hoffmann, Karyn Johnson, Ben Schwessinger

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