School of BEES

Pauline Treble and Katie Coleborn in Yonderup Cave

A stalagmite in Western Australia has revealed regular, low-intensity fires before European arrival and infrequent, high-intensity fires afterwards.

A platypus floats on the top of calm river waters

Environmental survey findings confirm what scientists have suspected; platypuses aren’t in Royal National Park. But plans to reintroduce the iconic species to the park later this year will change this.

David Cohen and team soil sampling in broken Hill

Researchers will help find the next generation of mineral deposits after UNSW signed a partner agreement with the MinEx CRC.

humpback whale opens mouth wide to show baleen

Baleen plates – the signature bristle-like apparatus toothless whales use to feed – reveal how these large aquatic mammals adapt to environmental changes over time.

five people ride in on overloaded tinny through flood waters and rain

By following moisture from the oceans to the land, researchers worked out exactly how three oceans conspire to deliver deluges of rain to eastern Australia.

Crest-tailed mulgara

This is the project milestone ecologists had been hoping for.

wild dogs feeding

Understanding feeding patterns is key to understanding the origin and implications of many aspects of animal social lives.

cows on grazing land

Threatened species don’t just live in national parks. Almost half of their distributions are on private land.

Man standing in misty Tarcutta Hills Reserve

New research finds Queensland’s laws fail to protect private conservation areas from the hidden impacts of mining on groundwater.

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