News: School of Biological Sciences
World's first global vegetation database
The world's first global vegetation database contains more than 1.1 million complete lists of plant species for all terrestrial ecosystems.
Why we're watching the giant Australian cuttlefish
We're spying on hundreds, even thousands of tentacled organisms with their unusual distinctive W-shaped eye pupils, and pulsating colours.
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Plant fossils show the Snowy Mountains were once a lush rainforest
Lilly Pilly fossils found in old gold mines of the Snowy Mountains, prove the region was once a lush rainforest without snow.
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When did Aboriginal people first arrive in Australia?
Many Aboriginal Australians would say with conviction that they have always been here. Their ancestors and traditional learnings tell them of this history, and their precise place within it.
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Love Story Wins Sciences 3-Minute Thesis Final
Judges fall in love with Joseph Rossi’s biochemistry story about love and betrayal at the Faculty of Sciences 3-Minute Thesis final.
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Designer molecule targets cancer growth protein
Check out the new molecule designed by University of Adelaide researchers. It shows huge potential for future cancer treatment.
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Researchers discover some fish species might actually benefit from climate change
Research on damselfish living in high CO2 conditions shows that some populations of fish species might actually benefit from climate change.
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Cross species transfer of genes has driven evolution
Scientists have shown that widespread transfer of genes between species has radically changed the genomes of today’s mammals, and been an important driver of evolution.
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Scientists dive deep to save sinking oyster population
School of Biological Sciences and Environment Institute researchers are involved in Australia’s largest ever oyster reef restoration project.
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Scientists find new alien-like wasp that eats victims from the inside out
Just like the terrifying creatures from the Alien movies, scientists have discovered a new species of parasitic wasp that eats victims from the inside out.
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