School of BEES

A tiny feather-tailed glider sits on a bamboo branch

Analysis of Riversleigh fossils reveals fascinating new facts about a tiny possum’s ancestors.

A dingo looks a the camera while lying on its stomach on sandy soil

It’s time to reconsider our relationship with the dingo. By collaborating and drawing from both Indigenous and Western knowledge, we can find ways to live in harmony with our apex land predator.

Eastern Grey Kangaroos in a field

In a new study looking at animal behaviour, researchers analysed over 3000 photographs of a single kangaroo population.

Fish farming in PNG

A UNSW Sydney researcher has received $2.6 million in funding to expand fish farming and its positive social impact in Papua New Guinea.

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Marine heatwaves aren’t just on the surface. They can be at their most destructive when they sweep along the seafloor.

An Australian red-eyed tree frog on a large succulent leaf

Introduced species and diseases can drive native species into smaller environmental niches – and that could mean change to how we work to conserve them.

Rickard Kingsford Eureka Prize 2023

The Waterbirds Aerial Survey Team, led by Richard Kingsford, Toby Walsh and Jodi Rowley have received prestigious 2023 Eureka Prizes.

NSW State Environment Minister Penny Sharpe releases the first of the platypuses at Royal National Park

Platypuses seem to be settling in nicely to their new Royal National Park home, although there are concerns about pollution from a nearby colliery.

a rip current flows straight out to sea

We can learn a lot about avoiding and escaping this natural hazard by asking survivors what being caught in a rip is really like.

Lachlan Hart with the fossilised remains of Arenaerpeton supinatis

Arenaerpeton supinatus was discovered in rocks cut from a nearby quarry that were intended for the building of a garden wall.

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