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Director’s Update, March 2026
March is always special in the TERN calendar because we launch the annual report of Australia’s Environment. I am very excited by the new-look website ...
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Australia’s Environment Report 2025
Australia’s environment had an above-average year in 2025, with good rainfall across much of the country, improving soils and vegetation, and progress in environmental management. ...
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Drone ecology is taking off
Staying at the forefront of long-term environmental monitoring means keeping a close eye on emerging technologies. TERN’s involvement with drone-based remote sensing is a great ...
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Leadership in the field
TERN was delighted to welcome its newly appointed Advisory Board Chair, Dr Les Trudzick, to the Cumberland Plain Woodland SuperSite on 3 March, marking his ...
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Australia’s place in a global ecological conversation
What is ILTER and why does it matter? Somewhere in Patagonia, a researcher measures how a forest responds to decades of shifting rainfall. In Tasmania, ...
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Director’s Update – February 2026
What a way to kick off a new year! We are delighted to welcome Dr Les Trudzik as the newly appointed Chair of the TERN ...
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The Once and Future Springs: exploring the vital importance of groundwater in the world’s drylands
The artesian springs and oases of the world’s drylands are remarkable lifelines, with critical ecological and cultural significance. These natural discharge points of aquifers create ...
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Bat Signals: why TERN’s EcoAcoustics database is a game-changer for microbat research
Since its launch in 2022, TERN’s EcoAcoustics database has become the world’s largest centralised library of bat calls. We speak to ecologist Simon Robson to ...
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eDNA: how advances in DNA detection and sequencing are helping ecologists
eDNA is becoming increasingly useful in biodiversity research and conservation. But what is eDNA, exactly? All living things have DNA and regularly shed that DNA via ...
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Director’s Update – January 2026
The fun and games at the end of 2025 re-energised the TERN team and one month into the new year, we are already immersed in ...
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