Black Mountain Weeding Work Party
We thank our work party for removing more than 2,215 mostly young woody weeds at our August work party in the grassland and woodland area, and Rosemary for the thousands […]
Dr Veronica Briceno Rodrigez ‘From lab coats, hiking boots, and hot desks to plant conservation at the ANBG’
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Plant Science Talk
The next Plant Science talk will be on Monday 9th September, 10.30am in the Theatrette. Presenter: Tasha James (PhD student, Institute of Applied Ecology, University of Canberra) Title: Endemics […]
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Anthony Whalen ‘CSIRO has a new building – what will this mean for Australia’s national biodiversity collections?’
Anthony, Director of the National Research Collections Australia CSIRO, will outline the careful planning for CSIRO and ANBG’s precious national collections of preserved plants, vertebrate and invertebrate animals and other […]
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Dr Tobias Hayashi ‘The sexual chemistry of greenhood orchids’
Tobias will talk about research from his PhD on pollination in greenhood (Pterostylis) orchids. Greenhood orchids attract their male fungus gnat pollinators by mimicking the sex pheromones of the female fungus gnats. Biography Dr Tobias Hayashi completed his PhD on orchid pollination at the Australian National University in 2021 and is a co-author of ‘Field […]
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Parliament House Spring Courtyard Tours
The Public Programs Officer at Department of Parliamentary Services has issued a warm invitation to Friends of the Australia National Botanic Gardens to their upcoming Spring Courtyard Tours at Parliament House. This is a fun opportunity to tour the beautiful Parliament House courtyards in their blooming Spring glory, while discovering more about the private areas […]
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Professor Nerilie Abram ‘Emerging tipping points in Antarctica’
Nerilie, climate scientist from ANU, will review evidence for climate change vulnerabilities in Antarctica, including using past, present and future perspectives to assess the potential for tipping points in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. This will include a description of the 2023/24 Denman Terrestrial Campaign to characterise the Denman Glacier, the deepest known glacier on […]