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Monday, 13 Sep 2021

Since it’s Bad Bird Season, we ask cuckoo apologist - sorry, cuckoo expert - Professor Naomi Langmore to explain how it could possibly be that the cuckoo doesn’t mean to be mean, when it sure looks like it does.

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Friday, 30 Jul 2021

Age is no barrier when it comes to reproducing for male mosquitofish.

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Tuesday, 29 Jun 2021

Australia has the world’s worst track record for wiping out mammals, with 34 species declared extinct since European colonisation. But today, we bring some good news: one rodent species, Gould’s mouse (Pseudomys gouldii), is set to be crossed off Australia’s extinct species list.

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Tuesday, 29 Jun 2021

An Australian mammal thought to have been wiped out over 150 years ago can now be crossed off our list of extinct animals, following a new study.

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Thursday, 24 Jun 2021

A growing global push to halt biodiversity decline, most recently agreed at the G7 on Sunday, leaves Australia out in the cold as the federal government walks away from critical reforms needed to protect threatened species.

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Thursday, 17 Jun 2021

When animals are hot, they eat less. This potentially fatal phenomenon has been largely overlooked in wild animals, explain researchers from ANU.

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Events

An illustration showing a robot pointing at icons of different fish species, with a world map depicting geographical data on the left side, symbolizing species classification.
22 Jan 2024 | 1pm

Oceans are environments where a diversity of human activities threaten marine life. To achieve effective conservation, it is crucial to comprehend the movement patterns of animals within these dynamic environments: how, when, where, and why they move.

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Illustration showing a complex diagram of intersecting dashed lines in multiple colors, alongside icons of a rock climbing hold, a menstrual pad, a jellyfish, and a goose with question marks.
15 Dec 2023 | 4pm

Phylogenetics is the science of reconstructing the evolutionary history of groups of species or individuals. Most phylogenetic methods include the treelikeness assumption, which states that every site in an alignment shares an identical evolutionary history.

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Illustration of a map of Australia overlaid with various stylized snakes, accompanied by the text "SPAGS & SNAGS The evolution of Australian blindsnakes."
1 Dec 2023 | 4pm

I will tell you about Australia's most diverse snake genus, their relationships with one another, how they got to where they are, and what their morphological and ecological variation can tell us about their evolutionary history and their future.

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27 Nov 2023 | 5pm

A fundamental challenge in animal ecology research lies in the ability to understand the factors that shape the evolution and plasticity of behaviours, life histories, and population dynamics of organisms.

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27 Nov 2023 | 4pm

The Cotton Bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, is a globally distributed polyphagous pest with a profound economic and environmental impact.

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A man wearing a cap and backpack smiling while sitting on a boat with the sea and coastline in the background.
16 Nov 2023 | 1pm

Common wall lizards are one of the most widespread and frequently encountered reptiles in Europe. They span the entire continent from Spain through to Turkey and have even managed to find themselves introduced into areas outside their native range (e.g., the UK).

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