Tracking elusive echidna populations Posted on 16th January 2018 Echidnas are notoriously shy and difficult to see in the wild and even though they are one of our iconic Australian animals, we know very little about…
Lifesearch 2016: Citizen science in Western Port Biosphere, Victoria Posted on 10th October 2016 The Mornington Peninsula and Western Port Biosphere Reserve is located South East of Melbourne in Victoria. Each year the Biosphere runs a citizen sci…
Wildlife Spotter – ABC’s citizen science project Posted on 1st August 2016 This year’s ABC citizen science project for National Science Week is called Wildlife Spotter and it kicks off today, Monday 1 August. Wildlife Spot…
Australia’s bathing birdies Posted on 30th May 2016 Citizen scientists help uncover the secrets of bird baths across Australia Dr Gráinne Cleary from Deakin University’s School of Life and Environmen…
Spotlight on ALA users: Dr Anne Musser, Honorary Research Associate, Australian Museum Posted on 4th May 2016 Dr Anne Musser, Honorary Research Associate with the Australian Museum, and a guide and palaeontologist at Jenolan Caves, is using the ALA to record b…
Spotlight on ALA users: Amateur photographer Steve Dew Posted on 18th April 2016 Have you ever wondered who else is using the Atlas of Living Australia? For our new blog series Spotlight on Users, we looked through our recent sig…
One step closer to global citizen science discovery Posted on 29th March 2016 Discovering and connecting with citizen science projects at a global scale has never been closer to reality than now! Over the past few months the tea…
ACT Gang-gang survey a great success enabled by the ALA Posted on 7th March 2016 In 2014 the Canberra Ornithologists Group (COG) adopted the Gang-gang cockatoo as its ‘Bird of the Year’ to celebrate 50 years of birding …
NSW South Coast: December 2015 BioBlitz Posted on 26th November 2015 The Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness will be running a BioBlitz in the Wallagoot catchment region near Merimbula NSW on Friday 4th and Saturda…
