Find our latest research initiatives, collaborations, and events in biodiversity science, including genomics, conservation and ecological studies.

Friday, 29 Jul 2016
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We are looking to foster advances essential to food security and environmental stewardship in the face of climate change, population growth and land degradation

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Wednesday, 13 Jul 2016
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A new program to help address Australia’s high mammal extinction rates has just been announced.

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Thursday, 30 Jun 2016
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This study is one of the first to provide evidence that interdisciplinary research has lower funding success rates, and this pattern holds across different research fields and across institutions.

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Tuesday, 21 Jun 2016
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Conversation article by David Yeates, Director of the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO

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Tuesday, 14 Jun 2016
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Although they look the similar and both constrict their prey, the pythons and boas last shared a common ancestor 70 million years ago in the age of the dinosaurs.

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Thursday, 02 Jun 2016
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CBA Ignition grants aim to 'kick-start' new ANU-CSIRO collaborative research that incorporates genomics, informatics or spatial modelling into the discovery,

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Monday, 21 Mar 2016
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This will enable us to better understand how animals can respond to rapid changes in their environment, especially when these changes are occurring too swiftly for genetic adaptation to occur

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Monday, 15 Feb 2016
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Novel developments in genomics, bioinformatics and spatial ecology mean there has never been a more exciting time to be a biodiversity scientist.

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Monday, 30 Nov 2015
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Bill adaptation in parrots: finding the genes involved in surface area increases over time

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