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Invertebrates as pets: The truth behind the trade

For some people, the idea of having tarantulas and scorpions living in their house is a nightmare; for others, keeping insects is a hobby and a passion.

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Averting disaster with UNHaRMED software

It’s an unsettling prognosis. Driven by climate change, population growth and economic development, natural hazards —such as the recent bushfires in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog and the US, heatwaves in Europe, and floods in Japan—will in coming years become an even bigger threat.

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The race to stop illegal trading of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn lizards

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn reptiles face serious conservation threats from illegal poaching fuelled by international demand and the exotic pet trade.

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Our experts refute River Murray estuary claims

A team of scientists, led by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s Associate Professor John Tibby, has confirmed that the lower River Murray was not an estuary in the mid-Holocene period (more than 7000 years ago) – reinforcing scientific evidence likely to influence important river management policy decisions.

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A new DNA database will keep log on timber origins

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APPLY NOW: Future Making Fellowship Scheme - fellowships for real-world impact

Time to get serious about your research career at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide

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Optimising the flow

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Blue is the new green

In the search for potential natural allies to help combat climate change, marine coastal vegetation sits near the top of the list.

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In pursuit of net zero

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Finding fertile ground in space

In-space manufacturing’s potential has the whole world talking.

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