Researcher, Xuemei Bai, stands in front of the Fenner building with a grass tree beside her.

Path to prosperity for planet and people if Earth’s critical resources are better shared: report.

Cities and businesses have the power to play a crucial role and become the “stewards” of critical Earth systems by demonstrating how they can reduce their environmental impact on the planet.

 
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A Fenner researcher, Shoshana Rapley, kneels with her dog on her leg and looks at her, with woodland in the background.

A nose for ecology

How an ecologist's dog transformed her PhD project.

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A researcher shines her spotlight into the edge of a dam at night.

When you Kermit to the bit

why frogs are part of this scientist’s identity now

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Tracks of a dusky hopping mouse found in red sand.
Monday, 30 Sep 2024

For many years, scientists have been working with Indigenous people in the desert to record these observations in a systematic way. New research collates this data.

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Two people in fire fighting attire face each other and smile while undertaking cultural burning in a woodland.
Thursday, 19 Sep 2024

Informing the re-emergence of First Nations burning in contemporary endangered woodlands in south-eastern Australia

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Thursday, 19 Sep 2024

Two PhD opportunities are available to examine kangaroo populations, management practices, and their impact on biodiversity and rangeland ecosystems

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16 Oct 2024 | 1 - 2pm

Fenner Seminar: Flash Talks!

Fenner Flash Talks: Unpacking Research in a Nutshell!
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23 Oct 2024 | 1 - 2pm

Fenner Seminar: Flash Talks!

Fenner Flash Talks: Unpacking Research in a Nutshell!
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An illustrated array of foods from around the world hovering above a hand.
30 Oct 2024 | 12:30pm

2024 International Lunch

Join us for our annual International Lunch!
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