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Underwater view of Wheeler Reef
Posted on 22nd June 2020

Aussie icons team up to tackle climate change

Two of Australia’s most iconic ecosystems, eucalypt trees and reef corals, cou…
Image of a Spear Thistle in a field.
Posted on 11th June 2020

New beta version of national weeds management website released

The Centre for Invasive Species Solutions has launched a beta version of Weeds A…
Posted on 3rd June 2020

BHL Australia turns 10!

This is a momentous day. Ten years ago today the Atlas of Living Australia and M…
Posted on 27th May 2020

Lucky escape for Eurobodalla herbarium

Regional herbarium survives ferocious NSW fires and holds crucial data to help a…
Posted on 13th May 2020

iNaturalist Australia: City Nature Challenge and major milestone

Australia participated in the iNaturalist City Nature Challenge for the first ti…
Posted on 23rd April 2020

Unlocking the secrets of a colossal collection

A team at Museums Victoria investigates a fascinating collection of almost 12,00…
Posted on 20th April 2020

Media release – Citizen science to aid bushfire recovery

This article first appeared on CSIRO on April 20th 2020.
image of a velvet ant specimen
Posted on 8th April 2020

Play the mimicry game with Australia’s velvet ants

CSIRO and the University of Leeds are calling on people to play a short online g…
infographic of survey results
Posted on 8th April 2020

Data Quality Project baseline survey results

The results of our first Data Quality Project survey are in and show positive pe…
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