Chris Fulton - the need for weed

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

Local birds are expert eavesdroppers

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

The history behind our weird and wonderful animals

The amazing diversity we see in Australian animal developed early and has slowed considerably in the last 10 million years, say Ian Brennan and Scott Keogh from the ANU Research School of Biology.