16 Jan 2020

Efforts by firefighters on the ground and in the air have saved the only known natural grove of the world-famous Wollemi pines from destruction during the...

13 Jan 2020

While parts of Australia are now beginning to rebuild after devastating bushfires, an inevitable part of that is clearing the debris, including ash and fallen...

9 Jan 2020

Experts are pleading for leaders to look at the science and not make kneejerk decisions when it comes to managing fuel loads for bushfire risk. Professor David...

24 Dec 2019

As an uncontrollable wildfire took hold in Tallaganda National Park last month, it was soon apparent to ecologists that this was an unprecedented natural...

19 Dec 2019

What do you know about bees? Professor Saul Cunningham speaks to Kate O'Toole on ABC Brisbane's Saturday Breakfast show about the second Australian...

17 Dec 2019

As fires burn out of control in Australia, scientists warn the damage will have severe knock-on effects for the environment.

5 Dec 2019

The original wild specimens of the ancient Wollemi pine tree are safe for now as fires which have burnt more than 220,000 hectares continue throughout the Blue...

4 Dec 2019

With much of our food being grown globally, with plants dispersed far outside their place of origin, how does this change the relationship between bees and...

25 Nov 2019

More than 2 million hectares of mainly forested lands have been burnt along Australia's eastern seaboard in recent months – and the fires are still...

21 Nov 2019

Melbourne's drinking water is being put at risk by "widespread" illegal logging near water catchment areas, Australian National University...

28 Oct 2019

Fenner School academics and researchers have joined 240 conservation scientists to ask the Prime Minister to protect and strengthen environment laws and...

12 Oct 2019

Talk of a crisis around food production from a dwindling in honey bee numbers doesn't quite stack up says Professor Saul Cunningham from the Fenner School.