Olivia Congdon is a Senior Communications Officer at the ANU College of Science.

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Meet Koda, a very good girl who is sniffing out technology to advance ecology

This is Koda. She’s got an adorable snoot, and an insatiable curiosity for exploring the world with her…


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Science by the letter: conversations with the next generation of scientists

Climate scientist Dr Georgy Falster has an unlikely pen pal: a junior school student in Euclid, Ohio who…

2 September 2024



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Clever cockies: the social and innovative birds living in our cities

Surrounded by a crackle of sulphur-crested cockatoos (yes, that’s the collective noun), Dr Julia Penndorf sits on the…


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Supporting the re-emergence of cultural burning

Many Australians understandably see fire only as a danger, based on collective experiences of devastating bushfires. But if…

28 May 2024



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Chough love: what’s behind the strange antics of the white-winged chough?

They have bulging red eyes, gather in packs and engage in gang warfare. And they can be found…


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A croc’s life: below the surface, there’s more than meets the eye

Saltwater crocodiles are large predators that lurk in muddy waters, with jaws powerful enough to attack anything from…


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Alone while a million people watched on

I’d never met Dr Kate Grarock, but after watching Alone Australia I felt like her proud friend. As…


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It’s arguably the cutest Australian animal, so why have most of us never heard of it?

Picture a lemur crossed with a super fluffy cat. It’s an outrageously adorable but mysterious, leaf-munching creature that…


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Slip into your waders, we’re off to catch Latham’s snipe

On a calm, summer evening, to the background of frog calls and buzzing mosquitoes, a group of volunteers…


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Aussies snakes are undervalued: here’s how to be a friend from afar

We often worry about encountering snakes and how they impact us and our safety – but do you…


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‘It’s like a soap opera’: The secret lives of superb fairy-wrens

“Cumquat needs to leave very soon,” Helen Osmond says in a concerned, parental kind of way, as she…


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