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Researchers measuring a long-haired rat (Rattus villosissimus) as part of studies at the Desert Ecology Plot Network (Photo courtesy of Glenda Wardle) Australia’s arid zone is a ...

An ecologist and conservation biologist who specialises in the study of mammals will give this year’s Australian Ecology Research Award (AERA) lecture. The award is ...

Location of quadrats in the Ravensthorpe Floristic Survey, south-westernWestern Australia (© WA Department of Environment and Conservation) The online database of the Australian Ecological Knowledge ...

Professor Stuart Phinn, TERN Associate Science Director, in the Robson Creeksite on the front page of The Cairns Post on 13 September 2012 Over two weeks ...

Sitting pretty … a koala in south east Queensland (Photo by Jean-Marc Hero) Sightings of koala droppings is a much more reliable way of counting ...

The pale field rat (Rattus tunneyi) is small, cute, innocuous – and under threat. This species has declined dramatically in northern Australia due to a predicted ...

Koala populations in Queensland and New South Wales have declined by more than one third in the last 18 years, or in three generations of ...

Delivering relevant and meaningful science for policy and decision-makers is vital to ensure effective land management in Australia. This can be a challenge, as scientific ...

A book explaining the what, how and why of global change science, just published by Cambridge University Press, has a TERN connection – Professor Colin ...

Across a number of Australian cities, population growth and urban expansion are leading to rapid changes in land-use patterns and the use of resources, especially ...