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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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The ANU has been awarded a $3.4 million grant from the Federal Government to provide advice to the Australian Government on a farm biodiversity and carbon scheme.
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Be part of an exciting new research program on Greater Gliders and their habitat.
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Professor Jamie Pittock speaks to ABC Radio National about the feral horse problem in the Australian Alps.
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Feral horse population numbers in Australia's alpine regions have exploded in size in recent years, endangering delicate ecosystems.
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"Every now and again, a once-in-a-generation book on a specific topic is published" - Canberra Times review of Kosciuszko: A Great National Park by Deirdre Slattery and Graeme L. Worboys.
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New research examines historical records exploring low-elevation snowfall events to create Australia’s longest analysis of daily temperature extremes and their impacts on society.
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A new study by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) has shown for the first time the full extent of the areas burned by Victorian bushfires over the past two decades.
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Feral cats are an enormous problem for wildlife – across Australia, feral cats collectively kill more than three billion animals per year.
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A major independent review has confirmed freshwater flows are vital to maintaining the health of the Murray River’s lower lakes, striking a blow to demands by New South Wales that seawater flow in.