News: School of Biological Sciences

Blue is the new green

In the search for potential natural allies to help combat climate change, marine coastal vegetation sits near the top of the list.

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PODCAST SERIES: The Discovery Pod with Professor Andy Lowe

The Discovery Pod talks to experts from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, about solutions to society's most pressing challenges.

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Decoding humans' survival from coronoviruses

An international team of researchers co-led by the ³ÉÈË´óƬ and the University of Arizona has analysed the genomes ofÌýmore thanÌý2,500Ìýmodern humans fromÌý26 worldwide populations,Ìýto better understand how humans have adapted to historical coronavirus outbreaks.

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International joint research reveals how fish adapt to ocean acidification by modifying gene expression

Human-driven global change is challenging the scientific community to understand how marine species might adapt to predicted environmental conditions in the near-future.

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Article - Australia's state of degradia

With almost a third of arable land classified as degraded, what can we do to reverse the rapid pace of degradation and can we do it in a way that benefits us?

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The dating lives of sea snakes

New research shows male sea snakes can locate and mate with a female mate, through touch receptors.

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Mission to discover Australia's unknown species

Insect expert Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s School of Biological Sciences, has thrown her support behind a new missionÌýlaunched by Taxonomy Australia, a new program of the Australian Academy of Science,ÌýtoÌýdiscover and document all unknown Australian species by 2050.

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