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Monitoring Overview On the morning of the 22nd of September 2018, Jackson Law (a fellow coursemate) and I met up in North Canberra to be picked up for Superb Parrot (Polytelis swainsonii) monitoring. We were to be working with Dr … Continue reading →

Water Bugs are known to be a reliable and useful indicator on the health system of streams, rivers, wetlands and ponds. There are various types of water bugs and each type requires particular environmental conditions to be able to grow, … Continue reading →

Introduction Over the mid-year holiday, I spent two weeks as a research assistant in Transylvania, Romania. I was helping a team of researchers from a UK non-profit conservation organization called Operation Wallacea. Operation Wallacea has been working in the area … Continue reading →

Just after sunrise on Monday the 17th of November, myself and fellow student Nicholas Marin Correa headed out to ACT Parks and Conservation Service Stromlo depot for a day with the rangers. The journey out to the depot was quick, … Continue reading →

Accompanying the wildlife rangers in their daily rounds struck me as a similar system to a commercial farm. I found myself performing familiar tasks such as when I’m helping out Dad on our sheep and crop farm in Inverleigh; feeding … Continue reading →

During my work experience at the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve I was exposed to a variety of areas from working with the wildlife team, rangers and other volunteers. To start the day, I assisted the wildlife team with their captive breeding … Continue reading →

Driving into the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve I found my usually hectic speeds slowed considerably to account for the wildlife ambling across the road. Sitting on the northern edge of the Australian Alps, Tidbinbilla houses some of the last remaining breeding … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, just as Spring had sprung, and with it a refreshing burst of sunshine, I was fortunate enough to spend the day at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, with wildlife officers who had some real koalafications (pardon the pun). Tidbinbilla Nature … Continue reading →

Qinyan Liu The purpose of the program: It is an education activity for young and old by caring for tadpoles and watching them turn into frogs. Furthermore, the program is also useful for scientific reasons, because there are much unknown … Continue reading →

By Shiyao Zhong On 15-17 Jan 2016, an International Black-faced Spoonbill Census was conducted in various locations in East and Southeast Asia. I participated to one of the counting sessions in Shenzhen Bay (Southern China), which is one of the … Continue reading →