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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.
10 Oct 2019
ANU scientists say there’s growing concern over a mysterious, possibly drought-related phenomenon that’s killing off substantial numbers of snow gums in the...
5 Oct 2019
A native longicorn beetle is ringbarking the trees all across Kosciuszko National Park, creating a mass die-off of native snow gums throughout the Australian...
24 Sep 2019
We are offering a number of PhD opportunities in ecology and biodiversity conservation, including studies on the reintroduction of threatened species, and the...
3 Sep 2019
The Fenner School of Environment and Society is offering a couple of PhD programs (Ecologist and Social scientist) working with the interdisciplinary team of...
14 Aug 2019
We are offering an exciting opportunity to undertake a PhD program at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at The Australian National University. The...
5 Aug 2019
Last month Professor of Urban Environment and Human Ecology Xuemei Bai travelled to Brisbane for the Climate Reality Project training conference for several...