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

Wednesday, 26 Mar 2014
  • News

CBA Director Craig MoritzĀ has been made a Fellow of theĀ Australian Academy of Science.

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Monday, 09 Sep 2013
  • Research story

The identification and location of climatic refugia is crucial for the conservation of biodiversity in the fate of ongoing global warming

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Freshwater habitat
Monday, 26 Aug 2013
  • Academic profile

Biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems is under threat, difficult to monitor and underrepresented in biodiversity monitoring and conservation planning.

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Sunday, 25 Aug 2013
  • Research story

The capability for establishing thousands of markers randomly throughout the genome provides outputs that have allowed for unparalleled progress in environmental genomics.

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Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
Tuesday, 20 Aug 2013
  • Student profile

Can you imagine a world where lizards eat elephants? That world existed just 30,000 years ago.

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Friday, 28 Jun 2013
  • Impact story
  • News

Collecting seed, growing and re-planting is fundamental to restoration projects. However, little is known of the levels of genetic adaptability present in any key species, such as Yellow box, that frequently used for broad-scale restoration.

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Wednesday, 12 Jun 2013
  • News

CBA is pleased to announce a new round of funding exclusively available to post docs and PhD students.

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Wednesday, 15 May 2013
  • News

The next round of CBA Ignition grants are now open.

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Tasmanian blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) forest
Monday, 13 May 2013
  • Academic profile

On no other continent does a single group of plants dominate the landscape as eucalypts do in Australia.

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