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A individual of the ant species Polyrhachis macropus, one of many Australian antspecies that Israel will study during his Fulbright Fellowship (Photo courtesyof Dr Alan ...

Ecological studies offer an effective means for building a knowledge base that can be used to inform biodiversity management and conservation. This is a motivation ...

Researchers measuring a long-haired rat (Rattus villosissimus) as part of studies at the Desert Ecology Plot Network (Photo courtesy of Glenda Wardle) Australia’s arid zone is a ...

An ecologist and conservation biologist who specialises in the study of mammals will give this year’s Australian Ecology Research Award (AERA) lecture. The award is ...

Location of quadrats in the Ravensthorpe Floristic Survey, south-westernWestern Australia (© WA Department of Environment and Conservation) The online database of the Australian Ecological Knowledge ...

Professor Stuart Phinn, TERN Associate Science Director, in the Robson Creeksite on the front page of The Cairns Post on 13 September 2012 Over two weeks ...

Sitting pretty … a koala in south east Queensland (Photo by Jean-Marc Hero) Sightings of koala droppings is a much more reliable way of counting ...

The pale field rat (Rattus tunneyi) is small, cute, innocuous – and under threat. This species has declined dramatically in northern Australia due to a predicted ...

Koala populations in Queensland and New South Wales have declined by more than one third in the last 18 years, or in three generations of ...

Delivering relevant and meaningful science for policy and decision-makers is vital to ensure effective land management in Australia. This can be a challenge, as scientific ...