News from the Environment Institute

Guest Post: 150 Years Not a Lizard

As the only living evolutionary cousin to over 10,000 species of snakes and lizards (Squamata), the tuatara has played a pivotal role for understanding the evolution and development of vertebrates. Often tagged with the misleading and unhelpful phrase “living fossil”, or “basal lepidsoarus”, the tuatara has attracted an enormous body of research and is a keystone organism for many evolutionary studies of vertebrate anatomy, development, and function.

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ARC Future Fellow Dr Frank Reith is Gold on Radio

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Media Release: Lost forests may help balance global carbon budget

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New forest discovered which is 60% the landmass of Australia

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