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Wednesday, 26 May 2021

An ecological crisis overshadowed by the threats of mass species extinctions and climate change impacts could be just as serious to ecosystems and human society, according to a new study by an international team of scientists.

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Thursday, 29 Apr 2021

Our team of 28 scientists identified the top 26 Australian butterfly species and subspecies at greatest risk of extinction. We also estimated the probability that they will be lost within 20-years.

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Thursday, 18 Mar 2021

In healthy populations, the song of regent honeyeaters is complex and long. But where the population is very small, the song is sadly diminished.

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Tuesday, 02 Mar 2021

The unusual breeding history of the Earth's largest living lizard - the Komodo dragon - has been laid bare in a new study from The Australian National University.

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Friday, 05 Feb 2021

The next time you tuck in to a tikka masala you might find yourself asking a burning question: are spices used in dishes to help stop infection?

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Male lyerbird singing (Image: Alex Maisey)
Tuesday, 02 Feb 2021

Male lyrebirds use clever mimicry to increase their chances of sexual success, according to a new study involving researchers from the ANU Research School of Biology.

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Events

12 Nov 2020 | 10 - 11am

By nature of their conspicuousness, sexual signals can cause a conflict between natural and sexual selection, with natural selection favoring a decrease in exaggeration of an ornament and sexual selection favoring an increase.

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10 Nov 2020 | 5 - 6pm

The Peer Community in (PCI) project offers an alternative to the current system of publication - which is particularly expensive and not very transparent.

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Logo for the International Ion Channel Aquaporin Workshop, featuring the acronym "iCAQP" in stylized letters and a graphic of colorful spheres arranged around a cross.
10 Nov 2020 | 4pm

Workshop online webinar over 4 days:
Monday 2nd November 4-6pm
Tuesday 10th November 4-6pm
Monday 16th November 4-7pm
Monday 23rd November 3-7p

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6 Nov 2020 | 4 - 5pm

The cross-kingdom mimicry of female insect sex pheromones by sexually deceptive orchids has fascinated evolutionary biologists ever since the importance of chemistry in pollination by sexual deception was first recognised.

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Logo for the International Ion Channel Aquaporin Workshop, featuring the acronym "iCAQP" in stylized letters and a graphic of colorful spheres arranged around a cross.
2 Nov 2020 | 4pm

Workshop online webinar over 4 days:
Monday 2nd November 4-6pm
Tuesday 10th November 4-6pm
Monday 16th November 4-7pm
Monday 23rd November 3-7p

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29 Oct 2020 | 4 - 5pm

Any antagonistic interaction has the potential of favouring sex, just as predicted by the "Red Queen hypothesis" in the case of host-parasite interactions. Is it really the case?

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