Research stories

Research stories
Find out more about our staff and their research.
Find out more about our staff and their research.
Take a look at the next generation of crop science in the field, as scientists tour an Agricultural Institute in Wagga Wagga.
A detailed insight into the Grassland Earless Dragon and its taxonomic significance, distribution, life history, ecology and habitat.
For an ANU biologist, what started as a routine glance at a butterfly specimen has ended with the discovery of a masterful deception, decades in the making.
ANU scientist Professor Caitlin Byrt is harnessing the power of plants to create a sustainable future for people and the planet.
Are these desert-dwelling gecko clones thriving or just surviving?
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 just need to educate people and build awareness of spiders, to show that they’re not actually the bad guys we want them to be.”
How did saltwater crocodiles snap up Yusuke Fukuda’s heart?
Professor Alexander Maier wants us to change our mind about parasites.
While Australia is the last continent to be invaded by the vorroa mite, it has an opportunity to be the first to eradicate it.
Until recently we had very little idea when butterflies evolved, and hypotheses concerning their place of origin were largely educated guesses.
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.
Dr Tobias Hayashi studied a delicate little native orchid with a cool and clever adaptation to attract pollinators.
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.