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.

Remember where your dinner came from during National Science Week, says Acting Director of the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Dr Marta Hernandez-Jover.

According to Professor John Dwyer, AO, Foundation Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Murray Darling Medical School, the push for a Murray Darling Medical School is driven by stark realities.

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.