If you’ve been following the story of the Orange-bellied Parrot (OBP) for a while you would know that by this time of year they have well and truly made their way back to Melaleuca, Tasmania for their breeding season. Each year volunteers are stationed at...
Our popular six-week World of Insects course is underway! Weeks 1 & 2 commenced in November and Weeks 3 & 4 were completed this month. Over 20 participants have braved the heat, the late nights, and the mosquitoes and flies to become immersed in the...
In exciting news NGT will be leading a new threatened fish research project in the Coorong, Lower Lakes, and Murray Mouth (CLLMM) region! The project team includes partners from CSIRO and the University of Adelaide. This important project, led by NGT's senior aquatic ecologist Dr Sylvia...
Firstly, Lachie shares a view over Walker Swamp to the Grampians, taken on Christmas Eve. You can clearly see the bushfire smoke in the background. As we write, this bushfire is still burning in the Grampians National Park and is yet to be brought under...
For any readers of the NGT newsletter who live in or regularly travel through the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, next time you are passing through Kingston SE, I'd encourage you to take a break at the visitor information bay on the outskirts of...
Back in the early 1990s, I remember seeing a news story on some floating islands - which the locals were towing to the other side of a pond after the wind had blown them to one side. It was one of those quirky stories which...
It has been several months since our last update from the South West (Vic) Eastern Quoll Hub back in March, so we have a couple of interesting updates to share!First of all, the three eastern quolls released into Rhynie Pastoral's free-ranging enclosure (Shepherds Hut Sanctuary)...
I recently came across an article that I thought was a fascinating read worth sharing. It describes the tendency for a small number of species of cicadas to have mass emergences in multi-year cycles that correspond with prime numbers like 7 (in Australia), or 13...
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...
Fifty-two top native fish experts from across the country including Sylvia Zukowski (NGT), Nick Whiterod, Michael Hammer and Maiko Lutz (ex-NGT), have banded together to complete the nation's first comprehensive national freshwater fish assessment. They used the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) criteria...
