CONGRATULATIONS! Lisa Robins and Lyndall Bull have both received Endeavour Executive Awards for 2010, and Deb Cleland received a 2010 Endeavour Research Fellowship.

State of the Environment 2011

Peter Kanowski Professor of Forestry, Fenner School of Environment and Society, has been appointed to the committee responsible for Australia's 2011 State of Environment Report, chaired by CSIRO's Tom Hatton.

Fenner School Seminar and Discussion

"Market Based Ecosystem Services - A proposed National Model"

Sam Archer will be giving a seminar followed by a discussion with Geoff Gorrie, Regional Economic Development Associates, and Dr Philip Gibbons, Fenner School of Environment and Society.

Thu 3 Dec 2009, 1-2pm
Fenner School Forestry LT, bldg 48

Drought tolerant plant gene discovered

An international group of plant scientists, led by Dr Gonzalo Estavillo and Professor Barry Pogson have discovered a subtle mutation in Arabidopsis which may have important and far reaching implications for establishing drought resistance throughout the plant kingdom.

Fiddler crabs offer safe sex for favours

Male Fiddler Crabs will quite happily protect a female neighbour, but do so partly in exchange for sex, according to a new study from The Australian National University.

The study by Richard Milner, Professor Michael Jennions and team leader Dr Patricia Blackwell of the Research School of Biology at ANU looked at how female fiddler crabs – without the large claw that the males are armed with – go about protecting their territories.