Cancer Council ACT has awarded its largest ever grant to ANU researcher Professor Ross Hannan for his new research, which combines two approaches to cancer.

Australia has the world's highest diversity of parrots, but a new analysis by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) has found the nation's record in conserving these beautiful birds leaves much to be desired.

Dr Penny King and Professor Stephen Cox discuss the activities of this year’s Australasian Universities Geoscience Educators Network (AUGEN) Conference.

Queen bees and ants emit a chemical that alters the DNA of their daughters and keeps them as sterile and industrious workers, scientists have found.

Meet Sarojini Balkrishna, an ANU alumna who proves that there is life outside of academia for PhD graduates.

Astronomers studying a lonely planet drifting through space have found its mum; a star a trillion kilometres away.

Leading climate and sustainability scientist Professor Mark Howden has been appointed Director of the ANU Climate Change Institute (CCI) after serving as Interim Director for the past year.

Distinguished Professor Chennupati Jagadish has been awarded Australia's highest honour for his service to physics and engineering, leading a string of ANU academics recognised in the 2016 Australia Day Honours.

Life on other planets would likely be brief and become extinct very quickly, say astrobiologists from ANU Research School of Earth Sciences.