From the compact, robust skull of a bandicoot to the long, narrow skull of its relatives, the extraordinary diversity of these Australian and New Guinean marsupials tells an evolutionary story spanning millions of years. New research led by Dr Meg Martin, with Jo Menard, Dr Kenny Travouillon and Associate Professor Natalie Warburton, has explored how…
Category: Terrestrial ecosystems past & present
Ancient animals reveal unexpected environments
By Natalie Warburton @aNATomy_lab. Studying animal behaviour and ecology can involve hundreds of hours of field work in uncomfortable conditions, and for Australian mammals at least, very long nights. But what about animals from the past? How can we understand their behaviour and ecology, and what can this tell us about how ecosystems and the…
