24 Jun 2021

A growing global push to halt biodiversity decline, most recently agreed at the G7 on Sunday, leaves Australia out in the cold as the federal government walks...

23 Jun 2021

The RSB Early and Mid-Career (EMCR) Committee hosted two events in June: 'Diverse Careers' seminar presented by the Research Office team, and a...

17 Jun 2021

When animals are hot, they eat less. This potentially fatal phenomenon has been largely overlooked in wild animals, explain researchers from ANU.

26 May 2021

An ecological crisis overshadowed by the threats of mass species extinctions and climate change impacts could be just as serious to ecosystems and human...

25 May 2021

A plant biologist and geochemist from The Australian National University have both been recognised for their outstanding contributions to their fields of...

29 Apr 2021

Our team of 28 scientists identified the top 26 Australian butterfly species and subspecies at greatest risk of extinction. We also estimated the probability...

21 Apr 2021

One of the illustrious founder members of RSBS passed away on 11 April 2021. Jeremy David Pickett-Heaps FAA, FRS worked in the (then) Department of...

15 Apr 2021

Thirty-three HDR student presentations were delivered at the HDR conference on 15 April.

15 Apr 2021

Florence Danila of Australian National University’s ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis has discovered how plants improve photosynthesis...

8 Apr 2021

We met Professor Nicotra in the Snowy Mountains and asked what she learned from 2020.

18 Mar 2021

In healthy populations, the song of regent honeyeaters is complex and long. But where the population is very small, the song is sadly diminished.

16 Mar 2021

ANU experts have found a way to precisely measure a crop’s water loss through its skin, not just the pores on their leaves.