8 Feb 2022

Canberra writer Susan Parsons writes about her experience walking with Fenner ecologist Dr Suzi Bondat the Australian National Botanic Gardens to observe...

8 Feb 2022

In a study published Feb. 7, 2022, a team of climate scientists mapped out where vegetation is creating the highest fire risks across the western U.S. They...

28 Jan 2022

Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction and Palaeoecology reads like a mouthful, but Dr Janelle Stevenson knows that for Undergraduates and Masters students at ANU...

14 Jan 2022

Less than 80 years ago, regent honeyeaters ruled Australia’s flowering gum forests, with huge raucous flocks roaming from Adelaide to Rockhampton. Now, there...

14 Dec 2021

If a river could speak, what would it tell you? Climb aboard and be prepared to get wet.

30 Nov 2021

As climate change worsens, bushfires are likely to become more intense and frequent. We must find new ways of managing bushfires to prevent catastrophic events...

12 Nov 2021

With the eyes of the world on COP26, researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) say the broader environmental and social implications of extreme...

3 Nov 2021

Australia needs to overhaul how overabundant kangaroos are managed, rather than letting them starve or be culled as pests, according to an expert from The...

2 Nov 2021

The make-or-break United Nations climate talks in Glasgow have begun. Much attention so far has rightly focused on the emissions reduction ambition each nation...

29 Oct 2021

A group of scientists has written to the state's environment minister, calling for the extermination or removal of all horses in national parks, including...

27 Oct 2021

Agriculture experts from The Australian National University (ANU) have teamed up with government bodies and NGOs in sub-Saharan Africa to improve irrigation...

27 Oct 2021

The world is on track to hit 2.7 degrees Celsius of warming by 2100 despite stronger emissions reduction targets, the United Nations has said on the eve of...