Rare and threatened shark found in the Roper River for the first time
Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers and first nations Yugul Mangi Rangers have discovered a new population of a rare and threatened shark species in the Northern Territory’s Roper River.
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Farmers astutely managing climate change
Australian farmers are becoming climate change innovators by making significant strategic decisions such as planting crops at different times to normal to better position their businesses and accommodate climate change uncertainty, new research shows.
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Study looking at how to make NT cotton industry get through “those rainy days”
A new study into how cotton responds to Northern Territory’s rainfall patterns will help in developing a sustainable and resilient industry not reliant on irrigation.
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CDU researcher in the Science Show's Top 100 Australian Scientists
Charles Darwin University (CDU) ecologist Professor Alan Andersen has landed on the prestigious Top 100 Australian Scientists list.
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Field intensive proves fruitful for environmental students
In late 2023, a group of Charles Darwin University (CDU) students spent two weeks in the state of Punjab, India on a field intensive to learn about the diverse, climate-adaptive and organic farming systems across Punjab.
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Uniting industry to investigate mitigation of threatened species bycatch in commercial net fisheries
Charles Darwin University (CDU) is leading an ambitious new collaborative project that will look to mitigate threatened ray and shark bycatch in northern Australian net fisheries.
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Rain, hail or shine, this CDU technician has a tower to climb
For nearly 15 years, Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) Matthew Northwood has scrambled up towers in remote corners of the Northern Territory to test, adjust and repair technical equipment that’s providing vital information about a changing climate and impacts on our NT environment.
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Origin of salties caught in Darwin Harbour revealed
Problem saltwater crocodiles are typically travelling between 100km and 200km to Darwin Harbour potentially in search of new resources or territories, according to a new study on the migration of the reptiles.
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A global biodiversity tipping point as first marine fish extinction declared
A species of ray, so rare it has only ever been recorded once back in the late 1800s, has been declared extinct after an assessment by an international team led by Charles Darwin University (CDU).
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