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13 Jan 2021
The first aerial survey since the catastrophic 2019 bushfires has found that the number of wild horses in the Kosciuszko National Park has fallen by more than...
4 Jan 2021
In 2020 - the year of shutdowns and lockdowns - Fenner School Director Dr Saul Cunningham decided to pursue developing genetic labs at the School, and sought...
22 Dec 2020
NSW will triple the size of its feral-free sanctuaries as it steps up efforts to bring back marsupials previously wiped out by threats such as cats and...
21 Dec 2020
Australia's beautiful and elusive palm cockatoos, are expected to more than halve in number in the next 50 years, according to new research from the ANU.
20 Dec 2020
Researchers at The Australian National University found quolls can hunt small mammals, invertebrates, birds, reptiles, frogs and fish in a new study.
10 Dec 2020
When Fenner Masters graduate Yiwen Chen led a review of irrigation in the Murray Darling with Prof. Jamie Pittock, Dr. Matthew Colloff and Dr Anna Lukasiewicz...
8 Dec 2020
Australians are now being urged to embrace the native bird just as we do with our koalas and kangaroos. Urban ecologist and ibis expert Matthew Chard told The...
16 Oct 2020
As a climate scientist watching the most destructive bushfires in Australian history unfold, Joelle Gergis feels like she is witnessing the collapse of the...
1 Oct 2020
Fenner School PhD Charles Massy was featured in Australian Story (ABC) with a biopic about his life as farmer and researcher a regenerative agriculture.
14 Sep 2020
Professor Peter Kanowski, Professor David Lindenmayer, and Dr John Dargavel from the Fenner School spoke with Radio National's Rear Vision on ABC Radio...
11 Sep 2020
A new booklet from Sustainable Farms highlights ten projects that farmers can undertake to improve the health of natural assets on farms – such as dams,...
9 Sep 2020
There are now attempts to manage the rangeland goat to become a major commodity, but can these wily creatures be managed and harvested in Australia?