Drone testing at the CDU Katherine Rural Campus

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Charles Darwin University’s Professor Sunil Kadri (pictured right) is working with Nha Trang University’s Institute for Aquaculture and Can Tho University’s College of Aquaculture and Fisheries to drive better welfare outcomes for juvenile pompano. Picture: Pompano Welfare Project Team, Institute of Aquaculture, Nha Trang University

3 April 2025

Changing the tide: New project aims to shift attitudes around fish welfare practices

Fish are often overlooked when the term “animal welfare” is used, but a new project is working to ensure happy fins are met with the same enthusiasm as cage-free eggs or grass-fed beef.

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Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) Research Lecturer, Dr Marina Campbell has led a 15-year collaborative community research program focused on saving the Mary River Turtle from extinction. Photo credit; Marilyn Connell.

19 October 2023

Conservation starts in your own backyard when it comes to protecting Australia's biodiversity

Knowledge about where and why vulnerable species choose habitats to live is vital when driving and supporting community conservation, a Charles Darwin University (CDU) expert says.

Drone test flight at the CDU Katherine Rural Campus

17 October 2023

Prime time for drones on feral pig watch in NT

A Charles Darwin University (CDU) study has identified early evening, or a wet season morning, as the prime time for surveying feral pig detection from sky-high drones, which could help land rangers to improve management of the stealthy and invasive animals.

Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers predict blue whales will get some relief under El Nino and climate conditions this year.

29 September 2023

Australia may swelter, but blue whales predicted to get some relief

While Australia is forecast to swelter under El Niño climate conditions this year, Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers say it’s good news for blue whales after they suffered through three consecutive years of difficult La Niña conditions.

A satellite image from NAFI of the bushfires sweeping through the Barkly region.

22 September 2023

NAFI proves invaluable asset in recent bushfire emergency

Decades worth of fire knowledge, data and experience were put to the test this month with the North Australia & Rangelands Fire Information (NAFI) service receiving an unprecedented number of map requests during the Barkly region bushfires.

11 September 2023

Students head to Kakadu as part of Indigenous Livelihoods intensive

Students have participated in the Natural Resources and Indigenous Livelihoods intensive exploring the synergies between natural resource-based enterprise development and Indigenous Livelihoods.

An international team of researchers have joined a collaborative fieldwork program in the Riau Islands of Indonesia to learn more about the critically endangered Clown Wedgefish. Photo Credit: Zaidi

6 September 2023

Researchers help to learn more about critically endangered fish

A multi-national research team from Indonesia, Australia, and the United States, are hunting to find the home of one of the world’s most endangered fish, the Clown Wedgefish, a fish so elusive that it has only ever been recorded at fish markets.

Charles Darwin University (CDU) has ranked in the top 700 universities in the Shanghai Academic Rankings of World Universities, an improvement on last year’s rankings.

28 August 2023

Research excellence helps CDU crack the top 700 in Shanghai Academic Rankings

Charles Darwin University (CDU) has made significant progress in the Shanghai Academic Rankings of World Universities (ARWU), improving upon its ranking from last year.

Natasha Stacey and team at Australia Awards Indonesia

22 August 2023

CDU lecturer selects next generation of scholars for Australian studies

A Charles Darwin University (CDU) researcher has participated for a second year in a prestigious international scholarship selection process, identifying Indonesia’s next generation of leaders and change-makers who want to study in Australia.

Researchers at Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) Research Institute for Northern Agriculture (RINA) will conduct a study into biting midges, an insect of concern, which can carry potentially deadly diseases that can affect Australian livestock

21 August 2023

CDU investigating the biosecurity threat of disease carrying midges

Researchers at Charles Darwin University (CDU) will soon be on the frontline of protecting Northern Australia against potentially severe animal blood borne diseases with a new project looking into the biting midges, an insect of concern for its potential to carry disease that could damage the Australian livestock industry.