Animal behaviour and evolution

Conservation and Australian wildlife biology

Marine ecology and physiology

Marsupial reproduction and development

The Department of Zoology receives over $2 million in research funding annually, coming mainly from the Australian Research Council, NHMRC, and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation. It has a range of sophisticated laboratories and equipment housed in a modern building. These include: light, inverted, confocal, fluorescence, scanning, and transmission electron microscopes; large freshwater and recirculating marine aquaria; a dedicated molecular biology laboratory; and animal holding facilities for a range of terrestrial organisms. The department is an active participant in a consortium of Victorian institutions that operate the well-equipped Victorian Marine Science Consortium at Queenscliff.