Shedding light on dodo’s ‘bird brain’
The Mauritian dodo – a global symbol of human-caused extinction, and one of the world’s largest pigeons – may not have deserved its reputation as silly […]
Surprising new theory for leap in evolution
An international study led by Flinders University has found a fertile area of inspiration to explain an important step in evolution – and it’s a whole […]
Forgotten fossil helps rewrite part of animal evolution
An international study led by Flinders University has looked in places others haven’t before – and opened a new chapter to life on Earth. Analysis of […]
Flinders fossil hunter joins elite group of scientists
Digging deep for ancient life forms provides clues to climate change, the rise and fall of animal kingdoms and even civilisation collapse – while also paving […]
Embrace your microbes, for goodness sake
Can you imagine feeling good about your body being home to trillions of bacteria, viruses – as well as life-giving ‘invisible friend’ microbes in the air, […]
ARC projects go underground for answers
Two new environmental research projects at Flinders University are going underground, after receiving Australian Research Council (ARC) grants. Flinders College of Science and Engineering Professor Gavin […]
Toothed platypus lived 25m years ago
Australia’s platypus, one of the world’s most enigmatic animals, had an exotic origin story, according to an exciting discovery by Flinders University palaeontologists. They have described […]
Fresh eyes on Gondwana fish head
Flinders University researchers have taken a revealing look inside the head of one of the first animals to crawl from the water to live on land […]
EVs can support home energy bills
A new Australian study has found that electric vehicles (EVs) equipped with vehicle-to-home (V2H) technology can significantly reduce household electricity costs and lessen the need for […]