By following snow leopards, this ANU PhD scholar learnt about the power of coexistence
19 Aug 2025
PhD scholar Lhendup Tharchen, from the Fenner School of Environment and Society, has spent his career tracking big cats and wants to ensure the apex predators can coexist with humans.
$18 million in federal funding to turbocharge ANU research
14 Jul 2025
Congratulations to Associate Professor Katharine Turner (MSI), Dr Mat Langford (MSI), and Dr Ben Scheele (FSES) who have received funding in the latest Australian Research Council Future Fellowships scheme for 2025.
Communicating complex ideas, in just three minutes: our 2025 3MT candidates
9 Jul 2025
Imagine condensing an 80,000-word thesis into a three-minute presentation. That’s exactly the challenge faced by PhD students in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at the recent College final.
Australia should invest in new environmental monitoring systems: ANU expert
3 Jul 2025
A new report led by ANU examines 25 years of changes to Australia’s environment and biodiversity.
Developing fuel moisture sensing satellites for fire management with Indigenous knowledge
1 Jul 2025
A pilot project is combining advanced satellite technology with Aboriginal and Māori knowledge to improve fire management and support more effective, ethical fire preparedness.
Colonisation cleared 95% of these woodlands – Indigenous cultural burning is bringing it back
17 Jun 2025
New research details the results of a Indigenous-led cultural burning program in critically endangered woodlands in New South Wales. It shows how Western science can support cultural burning to deliver benefits across...
Meet David: shaping how we protect natural resources for the future
16 Jun 2025
Professor David Lindenmayer is working to advance conservation science while maintaining a positive place for young scientists to develop their careers.
Logging devastated Victoria’s native forests – and new research shows 20% has failed to grow back
6 Jun 2025
Fenner School researchers, Maldwyn John Evans, Chris Taylor and Professor David Lindenmayer explain how more needs to be done to restore Victoria’s forest and make recommendations for regeneration.
Decades of searching and a chance discovery: why finding Leadbeater’s possum in NSW is such big news
3 Jun 2025
Decades-long research signals the importance of well-resourced biodiversity surveys in uncovering our most threatened species and their conservation.
Marta Yebra: reimagining how Australia lives with fire
27 May 2025