Research stories
Discover how science research at ANU is shaping our future.
5 Sep 2018
Dr Megan Head didn’t expect her interest in evolution and ecology to lead to her becoming the manager of a Beetle Love Hotel.
29 Aug 2018
Ningaloo Reef might be famous for its whale sharks and stunning seascape but for ANU researchers, the real star of the show is seaweed.
29 Aug 2018
A research project in Australia and Sweden is trying to understand how bogong moths perform incredible feats of navigation.
18 Apr 2018
"This study gives top priority to species with no close relatives.”
20 Nov 2017
A new study involving ANU and international collaborators has found plants release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere through respiration than expected.
10 Nov 2017
Scientist have solved the mystery of how crested pigeons create an alarm without using their voice to prompt other birds to flee danger.
3 Nov 2017
ANU has played a leading role in the discovery of a new species of orangutan, the Tapanuli orangutan.
2 Nov 2017
A new study led by ANU has helped explain how our snakes and lizards descended from creatures that have emigrated from Asia over the past 30 million years.
27 Oct 2017
A new study led by ANU has mapped priority areas around the world to protect thousands of mammal species.
16 Sep 2017
ANU will help to boost food production to feed a rapidly growing world population as part of a major international research collaboration.
23 Aug 2017
Despite being the most abundant protein in the world, we are still getting to the roots of how Rubisco, the protein at the heart of photosynthesis, works.
4 Aug 2017
A new study led by ANU has found that plants are able to forget stressful weather events to rapidly recover.