New insights into our ‘first brain’ – in the gut
New research explains how the nervous system in the gut causes propulsion along the gut, highlighting similar behaviour to other neural networks in the brain and […]
Immunity boost in the gut
Varying immune response to vaccinations could be countered with microbiota-targeted interventions helping infants, older people and others to take full advantage of the benefits of effective […]
Ancient fossil reveals origin of human hand
An ancient Elpistostege fish fossil found in Miguasha, Canada has revealed new insights into how the human hand evolved from fish fins. An international team of […]
Scaling 70m years of reptile history
New analysis of a fossil lizard has helped close the 70-million-year gap in the fossil record on the origins of lizards and snakes. Snakes and lizards […]
Acoustic tracking shores up future of marine species
Marine scientists, including the Southern Shark Ecology Group at Flinders, have combined to develop a 10-year ‘data map’ of marine species of Australia’s coastline. The acoustic […]
Platypus venom could hold key to diabetes treatment
Flinders and University of Adelaide researchers have discovered remarkable evolutionary changes to insulin regulation in two of the nation’s most iconic native animal species – the […]
Research adds 10,000 years to human life in the Flinders Ranges
Human settlement in Australia’s arid interior has been reset to about 50,000 years ago – almost 10,000 years earlier than previously reported.
Flinders scientist unveils ancient fossil fish
An ancient fossil fish that lived 423 million years ago – representing the earliest large vertebrate predator in the fossil record – has been described by Flinders University palaeontologist Dr Brian Choo.
Renowned fossil hunter joins Flinders
He has rewritten the history of evolution and is the author of 27 popular and academic science books – now, Professor John Long is at Flinders.