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23 Mar 2021
The NSW Department of Primary Industries has presented ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society PhD researcher Mae Noble with the 2020 John Holliday award...
18 Jan 2021
Habitat destruction by logging and agriculture is pushing parrot species towards extinction, while current protected areas are failing to mitigate these...
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.
11 Nov 2020
Rediscovering historic meteorological documents offers vital insight to our increasingly erratic modern weather patterns.
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
Cosmos Magazine spoke to Dr Matthew Brookhouse about using wood dating techniques - dendrochronology - to authenticate a Rembrandt painting.
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,...
10 Sep 2020
Citizen scientists from around the world are being asked to help complete Australia's longest daily weather record.
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?
8 Sep 2020
Climate History Australia has launched a new citizen science project to create the longest daily weather record for Australia.
2 Sep 2020
When the clock ticked over to 2020, Australia was in the grip of a brutal drought and unprecedented bushfires. But in the months since, while many of us were...
12 Aug 2020
A novel approach to fumigating the nests of the 40-spotted pardalote has proven to be highly effective.