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Find out about the latest news, announcements and stories about environment and society at ANU.
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.
Let the hunt begin!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.
Read the storyAustralia’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.
Find out more.The objective of my study is to gain a thorough understanding of the behaviour of crop-raiding elephants in the Sagalla community of Taita Taveta, providing insight for the development of long-term, targeted management techniques aimed at reducing crop-raiding in the area.
The project will use a range of approaches from empirical molecular analyses, natural experiments of disturbance impact, and modelling / simulations, to better-understand the drivers of global biodiversity structure.
New research led by ANU finds that if irrigation systems are to successfully secure food supplies under a changing climate, western and national donors must invest in better scheme management rather than only investing in infrastructure.
The project is an international research collaboration with the Luc Hoffmann Institute, CSIRO, the Australian National University, the World Wildlife Fund (Colombia) and Parques Nacionales Naturales de Colombia (National Parks).
Two early-career environmental scientists are receiving a boost from the Australian Academy of Science with funding for their projects to enable bushfire risk to be mapped from space, and to conserve one of our most endangered animals.
Governments across South-East Asia have programs to intensify rice production but researchers from ANU and other institutions are arguing for the conservation of the traditional, once-per-year crop of floating rice in Myanmar.
Our objective is to make spatial information on environmental conditions easier and faster to access for interested users.
Why does biodiversity matter to people? This seemingly simple question can lead people in many different directions as they search for answers.
Deb Saunders discusses how drones cut down on labor when looking at the habits of critically endangered migratory bird, the swift parrot.