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Islands are engines of linguistic diversity, study shows
Islands drive language change and generate language diversity in similar ways to how they drive species diversity, according to new research from ANU that analysed languages from over 13,000 inhabited islands.
Read the articleResearch led by scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) could lead to major improvements in crop production.
The wild western end of the island, once a vast mallee woodland peppered with wildflowers and mobs of roaming roos, had been completely erased. An immense dune field covered with sharp blackened sticks now stretched beyond the horizon, to the sea, hollow and quiet.
It's painfully clear nature is buckling under the weight of farming's demands. There's another way – but it involves accepting nature's limits.
After the bushfires, we went looking for endangered corroboree frogs. Normally, they respond to our calls. But at some sites, the ponds were silent.
ANU researcher, Dr James Gilbert has been named one of Australia’s most innovative engineers.
Professor Kruuk will receive $3.3 million in funding from the ARC to pursue research into the effects of changing environments on wild animal populations.
Amid the dire consequences of COVID-19, some consider the pandemic to the best news the environment has received in a long time.
You might have heard that it’s July now. The year is, apparently, already half over. But how can this be possible? We turn to Dr Peter Riggs for answers.
Australia's space industry is booming despite the impact of coronavirus.