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Amazing findings from the Coral Sea Clean-up and Bio-discovery Voyage

June 14, 2016 by Bush Blitz
Scientists, teachers, Parks Australia rangers and NGOs have returned from a 12-day voyage of discovery to the Coral Sea, 400 km off the coast of Queensland. Over two tonnes of rubbish including rope, various plastics and even a toy piano were…
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Rare marsupial mole found at Kiwirrkurra

June 12, 2016 by Bush Blitz
The recent discovery and filming of a western marsupial mole (Notoryctes caurinus) by Indigenous rangers near Kiwirrkurra has garnered a lot of media attention. The marsupial mole, which is restricted to the deserts of central and western Australia, is almost never seen,…
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Media interest following the Bush Blitzes of Southest National Park and Bruny Island, Tasmania, 2016

May 18, 2016 by Bush Blitz
Scientists that participated in the Southwest National Park and Bruny Island Bush Blitzes in February 2016 received a great deal of media interest. Bush Blitzer returns with hundreds of specimens - 936 ABC Hobart That's not a smear on a rock…
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Spiders from Kiwirrkurra

April 5, 2016 by Bush Blitz
Dr Barbara Baehr’s results have come through from the Kiwirrkurra Bush Blitz. A memory: Barbara bustles into the little demountable building that was our office at Kiwirrkurra. It is mid-morning, and she has returned from her first day checking the…
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Bush Blitz dives deep

March 1, 2016 by Bush Blitz
From the deserts of central Australia to the wet topics of the top end right down to the alpine areas of Tasmanian Bush Blitz scientists have discovered new species and made thousands of new records. Surveying some of the remotest places in…
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Namadgi National Park ACT and Kosciuszko National Park NSW, 2013

March 1, 2016 by Bush Blitz
In December 2013, a Bush Blitz survey was conducted in parts of Namadgi National Park in the Australian Capital Territory and Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales. In total 807 species were added to those previously recorded from the…
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