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Fostering next-gen talent – life after a CSIRO internship with Caitlin

Caitlin Ramsay completed the CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure Indigenous Scholarship Program (NISP) in 2022-23. In that time Caitl…

Shell Yeah! Citizen Science Saves Turtles with the 1 Million Turtles Project

Today is World Turtle Day! Australia is home to 23 species of freshwater turtles which you can discover through the ALA! We’re celebrating the day b…

Director’s Update – March 2024

19th March 2024

Welcome to the March 2024 edition of our Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) newsletter.

Taxonomist Appreciation Day

19th March 2024

19th March is the perfect day to celebrate and share some facts about tax(onomy) in the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA)! We sat down with Cam Slatyer …

an owl perched on a branch, with the words "ALA taxonomic names index refresh"

What’s in a Name? Refreshing the ALA taxonomy

12th March 2024

Changing the taxonomic backbone of the Atlas of Living Australia

Australia’s most unwanted: Tackling invasives with The ALA Biosecurity Alerts Service

Helping to protect our biodiversity from the threats of invasive species.

Combating myrtle rust with citizen science

29th February 2024

Tackling invasive species with data

ALA Webinar: Transforming Australia’s biological collections to open data

21st February 2024

View the recording from the ALA's first webinar of 2024.