Jo, Bush Blitz Manager, will explain the who, what and why of what Bush Blitz does - who are these weird people that are so fascinated with insect genitals? what is this information used for? and why do we care about these new species? Abstract Bush Blitz is well known as a species discovery program, […]
A big thank you to the work party this month, who removed more than 770 weeds between the Powerline road and Barry Drive. We are looking forward to our next weeding work party in a different part of Black Mountain Nature Reserve. Details of the next weeding work party are: Date: Saturday 3 August 9:00am to 12 […]
Ana, from the Fenner School of Environment and Society at ANU, will talk about how hollows are created, how different animals, including gliders, use them, and how we can support wildlife in our backyards. Abstract In Australia, 303 native wildlife species rely on hollows formed inside of trees! In this talk by Ana Gracanin, a […]
On this guided walk we will visit some of the rarest plants in Australia, consider some of the threats to their existence, learn about some of the scientific work the Botanic Gardens staff are doing to conserve these plants and reflect on why this work is important. These one-hour walks will be held at 11am […]
One of the world’s most stunning and unique places is one of the places most at-risk to the impacts of climate change. Jay, a Ph D student at ANU, will outline what has been discovered so far as he and Anangu people design and use field studes and nursery experiments to answer questions about how […]
Keith, a research scientist at CSIRO, says flies are one of the most diverse insect orders, yet poorly known in their species richness and evolution. He will describe innovations in the field and lab for understanding how, when, and why small dark coloured flies diversified spectacularly. Abstract Flies are one of the most diverse insect […]