Category: Research
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How cathedral termites arrived to build their ‘skyscrapers’
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in ResearchThey build among the tallest non-human structures (proportionately speaking) in the world and now it’s…
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Oceans apart: Sampling the hawksbill turtle’s genetic diversity
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in ResearchEight genetically distinct populations of hawksbill turtles have been identified in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. The…
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Rapid bird evolution after the age of dinosaurs
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in ResearchThe most ambitious genetic study ever undertaken on bird evolution has found that almost all…
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New study of evolutionary rates in viruses
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in ResearchSebastian Duchene and Simon Ho, together with colleague Eddie Holmes, have published a paper on…
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Deep-sea isopods confirmed to be ancient
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in ResearchEvolution, extinction and recolonisation. These processes formed the core of Luana Lins’s exploration into the…
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Genome-invading retroviruses are a nasty surprise
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in ResearchAn international team of scientists, including Dr Simon Ho from the University of Sydney, has…
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Zoo polar bear killed by zebra virus
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in ResearchZoos bring together different animal species that would never encounter each other in the wild.…
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Termite collecting in the Top End
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in ResearchFour MEEP lab members recently went on a field trip to the Northern Territory with…
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Modern dogs have little in common with ancient breeds
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in ResearchInterbreeding of dogs over thousands of years has made it extremely difficult to trace the…
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Iconic Southern Hemisphere trees 13-113 million years old
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in ResearchA new study of southern beeches shows that estimates of their evolutionary timescale can vary…