January 21, 2019 By Dominique Potvin Ethograms A tale of tails January 21, 2019 By Dominique Potvin Ethograms James Barr is studying caudal autotomy, the ability of some reptiles to drop and regrow their tail in response to a predator threat.
December 17, 2018 By Andrew Katsis Ethograms In living colour December 17, 2018 By Andrew Katsis Ethograms By subjecting triggerfish to vision tests, Naomi Green is helping us understand why coral reefs are such colourful places.
August 8, 2018 By Johanne Martens Ethograms How to think without a brain August 8, 2018 By Johanne Martens Ethograms Jules Smith-Ferguson is exploring how even a unicellular organism can form memories and make complex decisions.
May 21, 2018 By Dominique Potvin Ethograms Miner offences May 21, 2018 By Dominique Potvin Ethograms Farzaneh Etezadifar is using genetics to discover why noisy miners have recently become such a nuisance, and how we can aid management efforts.
April 19, 2018 By Johanne Martens Ethograms Living under stress April 19, 2018 By Johanne Martens Ethograms Does stress change the behaviour of zebra finches and their offspring? Anna Miltiadous is peeling apart an intergenerational mystery.
March 5, 2018 By Andrew Katsis Ethograms Going south March 5, 2018 By Andrew Katsis Ethograms Using satellite tracking, Leena Riekkola has shown that humpback whales do not necessarily end their annual migration in the same place.
February 5, 2018 By Dominique Potvin Ethograms Bellbird ballads February 5, 2018 By Dominique Potvin Ethograms Wesley Webb is exploring how culture evolves by studying male and female songs in a virtuosic New Zealand songbird.
August 9, 2017 By Andrew Katsis Ethograms A murmuration of ethologists August 9, 2017 By Andrew Katsis Ethograms Last month, animal behaviour researchers from Australia and New Zealand converged on Melbourne for their annual conference. We meet some of the early-career scientists who presented their research.