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A new study shows that we can use existing conservation data to predict which currently unthreatened species could become threatened and take proactive action to prevent their decline before it is too late.
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As the urgency for climate solutions increases globally, Westpac Scholars Trust supports successful scholars to research to solve some of Australia’s greatest environmental challenges.
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Superb fairy-wrens are more likely to take risks to help members of their close social circle, according to a new study.
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Dolphins and net-casting fishers in Brazil catch more fish by working together, a new study by an international team of researchers has shown.
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Scientists from ANU are drawing inspiration from plants to develop new techniques to separate and extract valuable minerals, metals and nutrients from resource-rich wastewater.
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As campus takes a break, we have a look at some of the science which never stops – and the people who keep it running, every day of the year.
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Dr Tobias Hayashi studied a delicate little native orchid with a cool and clever adaptation to attract pollinators.
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Not content with the challenging conditions for crop production here on Earth, Associate Professor Caitlin Byrt is lending her expertise to an ambitious space mission to grow plants on the moon.
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While most spiders are creatures of solitude, a study involving researchers from ANU has found some species have become more gregarious.
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Helen Osmond has watched the ins and outs of one superb fairy-wren population for three decades.
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ANU will lend its unique expertise in plant biology to an ambitious mission led by Australian space start-up Lunaria One that aims to grow plants on the moon by as early as 2025.