Southern purple-spotted gudgeon

In late November, students and staff from three Adelaide schools gathered on the banks of Torrens River at Lockleys with precious cargo. The schools (Urrbrae Agricultural College, Holy Family Catholic School and St Francis Xavier's Regional Catholic School) had been given the very special task...

The word "immersive" often gets used to describe something deeply absorbing, particularly a technologically generated experience that is very life-like. Well, at NGT we like to encourage people to get away from the artificially generated world and immerse themselves in the real, natural world. With...

If you're based near Adelaide and are interested in learning more about our ecological work restoring rivers, wetlands, and the species they support, then you're in luck! Our Nature Festival bus tour is back by popular demand. When: Friday October 11th, 7:45am to 3pm Where:...

Southern purple-spotted gudgeon Paul Motz from Monarto Zoo and Jason van Weenen from Green Adelaide some of the southern purple-spotted gudgen being released Releasing the fish NGT's Sylvia Zukowski with City of Marion's Kris Hanna (Mayor) and Glynn Ricketts Dr Sylvia Zukowski with gudgeon On a sunny morning in November, an...

Oaklands Wetlands, in the south-western suburbs of Adelaide, has been an important breeding habitat for some threatened native fish since late 2021. Southern Purple-spotted Gudgeon, which are critically endangered, were introduced here after many years of preparation (see our previous post). These colourful little fish...

After not being seen in Adelaide wetlands for 100 years, critically endangered Southern Purple-spotted Gudgeon were released into Oaklands Wetland late last year. Oaklands Wetland underwent five years of water drawdown and alien fish elimination to make it suitable for this release (see previous post here)...