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The scientific evidence showed that across almost every forest age and type, thinning made little difference.

Trees in Australia are many, varied and sometimes huge. But how many are there exactly? And how does their number change over time?

A team of Australian researchers are about to set off on a landmark voyage to discover more about the Earth beneath our oceans.

ANU graduate Jennifer Zhu is helping grow Australia’s space industry.

Optus and The Australian National University (ANU) have joined forces to develop a revolutionary national system that aims to detect bushfires early.

Fire and logging are substantially reducing the number of hollow-bearing trees that threatened and critically endangered Australian mammals can use as homes, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) warns.