9 Mar 2021

Across the country, catastrophes are unfolding as ecosystems collapse. But in a landmark study, scientists are pointing to green shoots of hope

18 Feb 2021

If you’ve walked up Mount Taylor any time in the last few years, you might have seen Dr Kathy Eyles. She’s the one holding the mattock and taking notes.

9 Dec 2020

According to a new study, the mass of all our stuff—buildings, roads, cars, and everything else we manufacture—now exceeds the weight of all living things on...

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...

30 Jul 2020

A new technical guideline provides direction on how to think about and implement connectivity conservation in ecological management. How nature is inter-...

30 Jul 2020

A new project is open to Honours and Masters students to apply a new food systems model study the link between food production, food processing, and...

28 Jul 2020

As city populations soar, it might seem like there isn't much room for trees. But ecologists say these climatic powerhouses are an often overlooked...

6 Jul 2020

How can we improve storm water quality and additionally, how to make storm water channels more appealing to the community, using methods from Indigenous...

24 Jun 2020

The pandemic seems to have given the planet a bit of respite. But doubts remain whether it will be a lasting change

17 Jun 2020

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...

12 Feb 2020

A new paper in Nature Sustainability looks at the concept of planetary boundaries, and assesses what are critical levels of interference in that Earth system...

14 Nov 2019

Trees die, it's a sad fact of life. But how we manage their waste afterwards is a cause of concern. In this article, Fenner's Cris Brack argues that...