in the first article for a new section in The Conversation, titled 'I Have Always Wondered', Drs Maggie Watson and James Van Dyke at CSU discuss when birds take their first breath.

Touring old nuclear power stations may not be high on many European travel itineraries but it was for one CSU academic.

CSU ecologists Dr Melanie Massaro and Dr Alison Matthews were part of a team of scientists in the Antarctic last season studying the effects of climate change on the Adélie penguin, one of Antarctica's truly 'local' penguins.

Ecologists including a senior CSU researcher explain how Australia relies on volunteers to monitor its endangered species in The Conversation.