Could birdwatching save biodiversity?

22 Nov 2023

Colombia has more bird species than any other country in the world, so you can imagine that leading their bird conservation strategy is a pretty big job. Just...

Fire is consuming more than ever of the world’s forests, threatening supplies of wood and paper

15 Nov 2023

The amount of timber-producing forest burning each year in severe wildfires has increased significantly in the past decade, and threatens industries such as...

Chough love: What’s behind the strange antics of the white-winged chough?

13 Nov 2023

The white-winged chough is one of the weirder birds out there.

Climate scientist Dr Joëlle Gergis still has hope for the planet

15 Sep 2023

For award-winning researcher Dr Joëlle Gergis, climate action is about protecting the people and places we love.

Palm cockatoos beat to their own drum

14 Sep 2023

Australia’s palm cockatoos are well-known for their unique love of drumming, but they don’t just have great rhythm – they also each have their own sense of...

10-year feral cat plan brings us a step closer to properly protecting endangered wildlife

8 Sep 2023

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has released a draft feral cat management plan, experts explain how the plan could help prevent extinctions of...

Murrumbidgee research breaks through at Water Awards

6 Mar 2023

Sometimes research projects have outcomes you can’t anticipate, such as finding yourself on an Instagram Live, surprising local front page news articles, and...

2022 water report: global warming is changing the water cycle

12 Jan 2023

A first-of-its-kind report has been released by researchers led by The Australian National University. Global warming is changing the water cycle and causing...

Equity in renewable energy rollout

15 Jun 2022

In the first major study of its kind, we travelled to where renewable energy is expanding in NSW to ask communities how they feel about the changes. While...

The Mekong delta’s transboundary water problems

4 May 2022

The Mekong River is the lifeblood of countries in the Mekong region, but the past few years have seen water flows recurringly decline and processes of...

China is gunning for supremacy in the global green hydrogen race. Will it shatter Australia’s dreams?

6 Apr 2022

This week’s report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns global warming is headed for dangerous levels unless greenhouse gas emissions...

Coming of age: research shows old forests are 3 times less flammable than those just burned

23 Mar 2022

As coal-fired climate change makes bushfires in Australia worse, governments are ramping up hazard-reduction burning. But our new research shows the practice...