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We're going on a beetle hunt
This is a story about what it's like to tackle an entirely new problem, so nothing is easy. Not even catching some beetles.
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Disability advocate Marcus Dadd: ‘I hope I can inspire people to chase their dreams’
Fenner graduate and disability advocate Marcus Dadd has a passion for inclusive and sustainable practices in agriculture.
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Australia’s summer weather heats up
Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick gives us the run down of what is expected to be Australia's hottest hummer on record.
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An Indigenous community in Indonesia has found a way to protect one of the world's rarest cockatoos without abandoning a centuries-old sacred tradition, offering a new model for conservation.
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The first scientific study of southern greater gliders overturns a decades-old belief about how far Australia's largest gliding marsupial can really glide, with important implications for conservation.
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New research funded by the Australian Government’s Saving Native Species program has revealed alarming levels of inbreeding among the last remaining populations of the King Island scrubtit, a critically endangered songbird found nowhere else on Earth – but has also charted a path to save it through genetic rescue
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George Wilson argues that if we value our native wildlife, we should monitor their numbers systemically.
- Analysis and opinion
The media helps shape who society sees as experts. Showing more women as experts in science stories helps address systemic inequities against women in science and in society.
- Analysis and opinion
We’re losing our forests at an alarming rate. Our new study shows we’ve lost roughly 300 million hectares over the past 11 years. But is it being restored?
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Deadly heatwave events are occurring at temperatures previously thought to be survivable, Fenner School research shows.
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Climate change continues to inflict serious and accelerating damage on marine ecosystems and wildlife, according to new report led by the Fenner School.
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Scientists have successfully restored the lost traditional song of the regent honeyeater, offering new hope for the survival of the critically endangered bird.