Ensuring the economic health of nations is one of the biggest tasks expected of governments. The elephant in the room has long been the health of the environmen

Glossy Black-Cockatoos used to be common on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island until possums started eating their eggs and chicks.

How do you make plant science interesting for school students? Mel Norris reports.

A new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) could lead to cheaper and more efficient solar technology.

If you were capable of doing a job which could help more people than any other job in the world, why wouldn’t you do it?

Alexandra Catling indulges in her passion for scientific research on a trip to south east Asian forests. And discovers leeches.

A team has invented a device that could be developed into ultra-sensitive cameras for security screening which would not require people to queue at airports.

Tegan Clark travelled 2,500 kilometres to start university, but for someone who spends her nights staring up at the stars, that hardly seems any distance at all.

The ANU College of Science and Medicine has introduced a new Astronomy and Astrophysics major.