Needles versus leaves in ancient plants
Before flowering plants (angiosperms) appeared on earth, conifers (gymnosperms) ruled the roost in the plant world. But the rapid radiation
Antarctic biodiversity study
Guest post by Mark Stevens, of the South Australian Museum and Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity This study,
Tracking the wood through the trees
Around ten percent of wood imported into Australia comes from illegally logged forests – those situated outside designated logging areas
Biodiversity Month
For those who don’t already know, it’s World Biodiversity Month, which is why we’ve ramped up posting to one post
Setting the TREND
Climate change threatens biodiversity across Australia, and South Australia is no exception – where the State is predicted to get
Never fear – redheads are not endangered
BoingBoing take on the perennial myth of redhead extinction in a short piece, which includes a link to a Stanford
An ecological network of networks
The collection of ecological information in the field is essential for us to understand how Australian ecosystems work, and in
The Importance of Ants in Plant Diversification
A guest post by Matt Christmas You’d be hard pressed to find many people who hold ants in high regard.
Opening Pandora’s box? – open access for Australian ecological information
Australia has a long history of high quality ecosystem science research across multiple disciplines and over a wide range of
Bringing species identification into the genetics era – DNA Barcoding
DNA barcoding is one of the most exciting new frontiers in biomolecular science. Originally dreamt up in 2003 by a
Biodiversity Revolution 