Veterinarian and CSU student Dr Andrew Peters has taken a fancy to the protected and plump, Pied Imperial Pigeon - so much so he followed the species on its annual flight north to Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Fresh from a study tour to Africa, a CSU student will soon begin research into the behaviour and welfare of lions in Australian zoos.

Judicious water management in the Murray Darling Basin will be needed to deliver the best return for the environment with the least cost to the community, according to CSU agricultural economist Professor Kevin Parton.

Research at CSU aims to help beef cattle producers select breeding animals that have a genetic resistance to internal parasites.

In a country ranked as one of the poorest nations in the world with high illiteracy rates, it comes as no surprise that the approach of East Timor’s farmers to managing diseases and pests in their crops is a far cry from Australia’s approach to biosecurity.

'As slow as a snail' is an expression which fails to ring true for a CSU research team seeking an effective and environmentally-friendly means of eradicating a major pest of the Australian grains industry – the land snail.

Serious collaboration between relevant groups in small rural communities in southern NSW has allowed the communities to direct changes rather than have them forced on them, with the help of a NSW organisation and researchers from CSU and elsewhere.

Wander through many woodlands in southern Australia these days and they are much quieter than they were 50 years ago. The birds are disappearing. One of Australia's leading bird ecologists, CSU's Associate Professor David Watson, believes he has some answers, which may have implications for Australian agriculture.

In the wake of flooding in significant parts of regional Australia, one has to be reminded of the importance of work of an international scientist at CSU as he methodically studies better ways to grow one of the world's most important crops with less water.

A Charles Sturt University river ecology researcher is advocating innovative ways of achieving environmental benefits for ecosystems in rivers that are regulated by dams.