News
Bearded dragons switch colour to match surroundings
New research has shed light on how bearded dragons evolved to change colour.
Tag: evolution
Science & Environment
Our ideas about vertebrate evolution challenged by a new tree of life
Scientists have long believed that our distant cousins are an ancient group of armoured fish called placoderms. But a new study is casting doubt on that view.
News
World-first genomic study of Aboriginal Australians
New landmark research seeks to answer fundamental questions about when humans arrived in Australia and where they came from.
Destinations
Galápagos: Islands of miracles
Its mantle of fame spread by Charles Darwin and his generations of scientific followers, the Galápagos archipelago is a fascinating place to visit, with plenty that’s surprising.
News
The world’s songbirds island-hopped out of Australia
New research disentangles the role Australia played in the evolution of songbirds.
News
Tasmanian devils are evolving rapidly to fight their deadly cancer
New research suggests devils are evolving rapidly in response to their highly lethal transmissible cancer, and that the devils could save themselves.
News
Parasite has caused Darwin’s finches to sing a different tune
Darwin’s finches on the Galapagos Islands are evolving rapidly due to an introduced parasite, including developing a new birdsong.
Wildlife
Did sex drive mammal evolution? How one species became two
How new species are created is at the core of the theory of evolution. Mammals may be a good example of how sex chromosome change drove major groups apart.
Science & Environment
New brain-warp technique helps reconstruct fossil brains
To understand how some creatures evolved, you need to see how their brain developed over millions of years. That’s now possible thanks to some clever use of scanning technology.
Wildlife
Can a species last 100 million years?
Tim Low explores the significance and relevance of ‘living fossils’ such as the Australian lungfish.