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News
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.
Threatened Australian animal and plant species have been given a major lifeline, thanks to new funding for a new database that contains 100-years of flora and fauna DNA.
Pythons first arrived in Australia from Asia around 23 million years ago and then adapted to their new home by becoming incredibly diverse, according to new research.
Scientists have discovered one of Australia’s best-loved animals is actually three different species.
A group of ANU researchers are helping rehabilitate koalas after the 2020 bushfires.
ANU researchers say new growth offers new hope for koalas surviving in burnt habitats. Now this breakthrough has been given vital backing.
Events
Ethological studies not only shed light on how and why animals engage in extraordinary behaviours but also offer opportunities to understand how human activities disturb wildlife in the Anthropocene.
The use of social information is widespread among animals and can influence critical individual processes such as selecting foraging and breeding locations.
Captive studies in birds are foundational to behavioural and evolutionary ecology, both in testing fundamental theory and for applied conservation.
Animal behaviour is being altered by the increasing human population, and land use changes.
Competition is often proposed to drive niche segregation along multiple axes in speciose communities. Understanding spatial partitioning of foraging areas is particularly important in species that are constrained to a central place.