Subterranean bugs discovered on Cane River Bush Blitz
An array of subterranean invertebrates — never previously recorded by science — are just some of the amazing discoveries scientists are making here in Western Australia’s Pilbara. The weather […]
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Steve Liebmann – Uluru ambassador
Vote for Uluru in the seven natural wonders of the world competition!
World Heritage listing for Koongarra
In Paris last night the World Heritage committee added Koongarra area to the Kakadu World Heritage listing. For more than 10 years Djok traditional owner Jeffrey Lee and his neighbouring clans, including the Mirrar people, have fought to permanently conserve this area.
Biodiscovery blitz at Cane River, Western Australia
I’m heading out bush next week to join a team of about 15 scientists exploring Western Australia’s Pilbara region on a biodiscovery mission! It’s all part of the nation-wide Bush Blitz […]
Sunday 26 June is the annual ORRCA national whale census day!
Come and join us at the old lighthouse at Booderee to help watch and count whales! Activities for the kids, billy tea and damper are all provided by the park. […]
Parks Australia the lead agency on the Nagoya Protocol
Parks Australia is now the lead agency implementing the Nagoya Protocol (negotiated last year through the Convention on Biological Diversity). As Australia’s lead agency implementing the Nagoya Protocol, Parks Australia […]
Crab named after Christmas Island ranger
Christmas Island National Park ranger Max Orchard now shares his surname with a recently discovered species of cave-dwelling crab — Orcovita orchardorum. During a recent visit to Christmas Island a […]
It’s whales, whales, whales all the way
We’re just wild about whales at Booderee National Park… and we hope you are too! They’ve already reached our shores – we’ve seen both humpbacks and southern right whales pass […]
