News & events
News
Superb fairy-wrens are facing “imminent danger” and a well-studied population in Canberra could go extinct in the next 30 years if we don’t urgently curb greenhouse gas emissions, warn an international team of scientists including researchers from The Australian National University (ANU), James Cook University (JCU) and Hainan University.
A new approach to analysing museum specimens has revealed a massive decline in Fiji’s native ant species since the arrival of humans to the islands
Australia’s ski industry is at risk of major disruptions and shorter seasons if the current level of climate pollution continues, according to new modelling from Protect Our Winters Australia (POW) and The Australian National University (ANU).
What’s that in my nest? How the evolutionary arms race between cuckoos and hosts creates new species
In new research published in Science, biologists show how coevolution drives the creation of new species of cuckoos.
Working on the Clever Cockie Project, Dr Julia Penndorf is tracking all the odd but fascinating behaviours that Sydney and Canberra cockatoos get up to in urban environments.
We have a small and vanishing window to collect bees before the inevitable rapid spread of the varroa mites, and the mass die-offs, occur.
Events
Serendipita is a genus of beneficial root-associated fungi (Basidiomycota) that promotes plant growth, enhances nutrient acquisition, and improves plant resilience to environmental stresses.
This seminar examines evidence for prehistoric marsupial translocations across Wallacea and Near Oceania, focusing on species such as cuscus, wallabies, and bandicoots.
This talk provides an overview of the program’s national-scale approach, including standardised biodiversity monitoring, targeted research to resolve key knowledge gaps, and science-guided reintroductions across a network of AWC properties and partnership areas.
Velvet ants (mutillids) are a diverse and charismatic family of parasitoid wasps, characterised by extreme sexual dimorphism and a striking array of anti-predator adaptations.
This thesis examines the effect of climate change on a high-elevation ecosystem of Australia. It is expected that increases in temperature and changes in rainfall patterns will strongly influence both plant communities and the soil environments that support them.
I will talk about how deep geological and climatic history has shaped the genetic architecture of Australian fauna, with a focus on two contrasting systems: the arid zone and the Australian alps.