UNSW scientists hope the Big Bushfire BioBlitz will build on the 17,500 observations submitted to the Environment Recovery Project.
In this era of mega-fires, diverse strategies are urgently needed so we can safely live with fire.
They are the only known scavengers in the world to have picky diets.
The site offers details of a verdant landscape 15 million years ago, including fossils of trapdoor spiders, giant cicadas and wasps.
What if we could help threatened marsupials evolve to survive foxes and feral cats?
Australia’s coastline spans more than 33,000km – and there are myriad marvellous marine animals we share this space with.
As the weather warms up, UNSW researchers name some of their favourite bushwalks and the ways citizen scientists can help them by collecting data along the way.
The UNSW scientists observed fewer waterbirds but greater flooding than last year, which they hope will help to offset long-term declines.
We might’ve been under lockdown this year, but science sure wasn’t.
After one La Niña, the Pacific sometimes retains cool water which enables a second La Niña to form.