Teachers go wild for science
What do you get when you put 15 scientists and five teachers on a 500,000 hectare property? The 17th Bush Blitz of course! Teachers and scientists from across Australia […]
Tag Archives: biodiversity survey
Knowledge of Fish River’s biodiversity gets a boost
A black tarantula the size of a human hand and a minute four-eyed spider about half the size of an ant were among the plethora of […]
Fish River Station earns its name
Fish River Station in Northern Territory has well and truly been living up to its name with large numbers and a high diversity of freshwater fish species being hauled in […]
A treasure trove of life on Fish River Station
The first and lasting impression you get of the country across Australia’s Top End, south of the Daly River, is how flat it is. Vast tracts of scrub go underwater […]
The sleeping beauties of Fish River
Vince Kessner is on the hunt for snails, ‘the sleeping beauties of Fish River’ he says. We’re Bush blitzing at Fish River Station in the Northern Territory’s Top End, looking […]
Ant surveys assist in filling knowledge gap
Ants are the most abundant invertebrates in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park yet we know very little about them. So we were very excited this September to begin our very first […]
We’re going on a Bush Blitz…to Neds Corner Station
Scientists from across Australia will ‘blitz’ Neds Corner Station in Victoria’s mallee country next week — spending some 2,000 hours over 10 days surveying the reserve’s plants and animals. The scientists expect they’ll […]
Mala survey results cause for celebration
The mala population of the park has exceeded our expectations – we now have an estimated population of over 200! The annual mala survey was conducted at Uluru-Kata Tjuta […]
