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Next-generation portals for herbaria and museums

29th March 2011

By John Tann and Robyn Lawrence, Atlas of Living Australia The Atlas of Living Australia team is working with the Council of Heads of Australasian Her…

Traditional owners welcome first Victorian BushBlitz

29th March 2011

A team of 30 scientists worked together with Indigenous rangers, Traditional Owners, non-Indigenous land owners and volunteers in the most comprehensi…

Does size matter in diagnostic imaging?

25th March 2011

During a recent series of email exchanges, the subject turned to the question of the ideal size and resolution for biodiversity images. The suggesti…

Queensland Museum collections safe from floods

23rd March 2011

By Dr John Hooper, Head of Biodiversity & Geosciences Programs, Queensland Museum The recent floods in Brisbane, thankfully below the 1974 flood l…

Tim Entwisle appointed Director of Conservation, Living Collections and Estates, Kew Gardens

22nd March 2011

By Robyn Lawrence, Atlas of Living Australia Dr Tim Entwisle, the Executive Director of the Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, is on his way from Australi…

Identify Life: CSIRO Canberra Seminar

15th March 2011

Wednesday March 16th Matt Taylor from the Centre for Biological Information Technology will talk about the latest technological developments in t…

Exploring species distribution using environmental scatter plots

15th March 2011

A new Atlas scatter plot tool provides a new way to explore the environmental factors which control the range of each species - and raises interesting…

New Field Guide to Victorian Fauna for Smart Phones and Devices

11th March 2011

Museum Victoria recently launched a new Field Guide to Victorian Fauna, free to download for iOS devices, including iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches. Y…

New Climatewatch website launched

11th March 2011

Climatewatch launched their new website in March, incorporating the ALA’s latest software. See the Climatewatch website.