31 Jan 2020

Koalas displaced and injured by Australia's bushfire crisis are being cared for and housed temporarily at the Research School of Biology.

15 Jan 2020

Australia’s current bushfire crisis could wipe out some of our rarer insect species, according to a group of experts.

15 Jan 2020

As Australia's weather heats up, it could have serious consequences for some of our country's most iconic animals. The research shows marsupials like...

3 Dec 2019

Research that could transform global rice production by increasing yields from the world’s number one food crop has been boosted by five more years of funding.

26 Nov 2019

Esteemed senior ANU biologist and mentor, Professor Barry Pogson, has been awarded the highest accolade for staff, the 2019 Peter Baume Award.

9 Nov 2019

Some clever detective work by an international team of scientists has uncovered how a deadly fungus - a stem rust called Ug99 - came about through some unusual...

7 Nov 2019

Red deer on a Scottish island are providing scientists with some of the first evidence that wild animals are evolving to give birth earlier in the year as the...

16 Oct 2019

Australian research could help breeders develop more drought-resilient crops that can produce more food and more profit with less water.

12 Sep 2019

Professor Barry Pogson, from the ANU Research School of Biology, was awarded $2.9 million to create higher-yielding and more resilient 'smart plants...

6 Aug 2019

A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown the impact phosphate mining is having on our coral reefs.

1 Aug 2019

New research from Australia and Finland could help explain one of nature's strangest quirks - why some animals forego mating to help other animals...

23 Jul 2019

A recent study found that juvenile blue-tongue lizards have adult-like learning ability which might give them the edge they need to survive all by themselves.