Find our latest research initiatives, collaborations, and events in biodiversity science, including genomics, conservation and ecological studies.

Tuesday, 20 Jan 2015
  • News

The first Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) record of the near-threatened Leichhardt’s Grasshopper (Petasida ephippigera) has been entered for Arnhem Land.

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Monday, 05 Jan 2015
  • News

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat invites proposals from graduate students for the 2015 Young Researchers Award.

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Friday, 05 Dec 2014
  • Impact story
  • News

The ANU and CSIRO have joined forces in a new collaborative precinct to help build a sustainable future for the environment, agriculture and global food

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Monday, 19 May 2014
  • News

The next round of CBA Ignition grants are now open. These aim to 'kick-start' new ANU-CSIRO collaborative research, with the intention that results can

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Western pygmy possum (Cercartetus concinnus)
Sunday, 11 May 2014
  • Research story

Australia has unique biodiversity and amazing natural systems with which to test mechanisms driving diversification and speciation.

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Wednesday, 26 Mar 2014
  • News

CBA Director Craig Moritz has been made a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.

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Monday, 09 Sep 2013
  • Research story

The identification and location of climatic refugia is crucial for the conservation of biodiversity in the fate of ongoing global warming

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Freshwater habitat
Monday, 26 Aug 2013
  • Academic profile

Biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems is under threat, difficult to monitor and underrepresented in biodiversity monitoring and conservation planning.

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Sunday, 25 Aug 2013
  • Research story

The capability for establishing thousands of markers randomly throughout the genome provides outputs that have allowed for unparalleled progress in environmental genomics.

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