ALA Blog – Page 16 – Atlas of Living Australia

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New beta version of national weeds management website released

The Centre for Invasive Species Solutions has launched a beta version of Weeds Australia, a new nationally focused weeds’ website providing best pra…

BHL Australia turns 10!

This is a momentous day. Ten years ago today the Atlas of Living Australia and Museums Victoria signed an agreement with the Biodiversity Heritage Lib…

Lucky escape for Eurobodalla herbarium

Regional herbarium survives ferocious NSW fires and holds crucial data to help assess impact, manage bush recovery and identify areas of conservation …

iNaturalist Australia: City Nature Challenge and major milestone

Australia participated in the iNaturalist City Nature Challenge for the first time in 2020, and iNaturalist Australia has reached 1 million observatio…

Unlocking the secrets of a colossal collection

23rd April 2020

A team at Museums Victoria investigates a fascinating collection of almost 12,000 butterflies and 40,000 moths, donated to the museum by George Lyell …

Media release – Citizen science to aid bushfire recovery

20th April 2020

This article first appeared on CSIRO on April 20th 2020.

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Play the mimicry game with Australia’s velvet ants

CSIRO and the University of Leeds are calling on people to play a short online game that will help investigate mimicry among velvet ant species.

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Data Quality Project baseline survey results

The results of our first Data Quality Project survey are in and show positive perceptions of ALA data quality.