Dr Alan Smith from the Department of Mechanical Engineering is Australia’s foremost expert on the teaching of infrared photography. Annie Rahilly discovers that thermography is not just about locating people lost on mountains.

Animal welfare has been the focus of much discussion in Australia recently, mainly centred on appropriate housing for farm animals and the ethics of live exports. In addition to welfare benefits, researchers are also finding that positive human-animal interactions provide productivity gains such as increased growth and improved reproduction and milk production.  By Nerissa Hannink.

Little Melako, the youngest member of Werribee Open Range Zoo’s 18-strong zebra herd, is doing his bit for the Beads for Wildlife program, but is the message getting through? By Kate O’Hara.

Veterinary science is moving toward a more integrated, ‘one health model’, with vets and human doctors sharing research and treatment techniques for diseases such as cancers and immune disorders, to benefit both us and our pets.  By Nerissa Hannink.

Researchers have for the first time seen the movements of the Australian tammar wallaby in utero. By Rebecca Scott.

For most of us, watching stormwater gurgle down the drain is a sad waste, but it also does a lot of damage to the environment when a deluge floods local waterways. So researchers are trying to put stormwater to good use before it leaves the city – using vegetable raingardens. Nerissa Hannink reports.