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New research shows terrain complexity is an important factor when brush-tailed rock-wallabies choose habitat, providing critical insight to help bring the critically endangered species back from the brink. Brush-tailed rock-wallaby populations have dwindled for more than a century due to historical hunting for the European fur trade and competition and predation from introduced species.

Adelaide University has been notified of a global cyber security incident suffered by Canvas, the external provider of our learning management system. We have been affected by this incident alongside other universities around the world and are working closely with Canvas.

Despite major global disruptions, new research shows Australia’s construction sector has adapted faster than expected, driven by rapid adoption of digital tools and more resilient ways of working. The study, conducted by researchers from Adelaide University and Flinders University, found that while the sector faced significant delays, cost increases and material shortages during events including th...

Ancient lake sediments on Kangaroo Island show that during a period when humans did not inhabit the island, since about 5,000 years ago, a drying climate and lack of management by people led to bushfire intensification. The finding, which Adelaide University researchers made by examining a seven-metre-long sediment core extracted from Lashmars Lagoon, on the Dudley Peninsula, provides context for c...

Adelaide University’s Professor David MacIntyre, Director of the Robinson Research Institute, has received international recognition from the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI). Professor MacIntyre was presented the SRI Distinguished Scientist Award at the society’s recent annual scientific meeting, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.