The first expedition of the renewed Bush Blitz partnership is currently taking place on Nanda Country, near the town of Kalbarri, more than 6 hours’ drive north of Perth. A team of 16 scientists, mostly from the Western Australian Herbarium and the Western Australian Museum, have come to discover the plants and animals living in […]
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Tjiwarl Country, Western Australia 2023
Tjiwarl Country, Western Australia 2023: Bush Blitz expedition report summarises the initial scientific findings of a Bush Blitz expedition to the northern goldfields region of Western Australia. Between 28 August and 8 September 2023, the expedition team recorded at least 602 species, including 65 species that may be completely new to western science (10 bees, […]
Read More →Rungulla, Queensland 2022
Rungulla, Queensland 2022: Bush Blitz expedition report summarises the initial scientific findings of a Bush Blitz expedition to northern Queensland. Between 2 and 13 May 2022 the expedition team recorded at least 829 species, including 40 species that may be completely new to western science (1 ant, 5 flies, 6 true bugs, 2 spiders, 22 […]
Read More →Far West Coast, South Australia 2021
Far West Coast, South Australia 2021: Bush Blitz expedition report summarises the initial scientific findings of a Bush Blitz expedition to South Australia. Between 22 November and 3 December 2021 the expedition team recorded at least 922 species, including 33 species that may be completely new to western science (6 bees, 11 wasps, 1 moth, […]
Read More →Australian Alps expedition
Our first expedition for 2023 took place in the Australian Alps during early February. The expedition focused on the southern part of Kosciuszko National Park (NSW) and the northeast part of Alpine National Park (Victoria). We are extremely grateful for the support we had from both land managers – NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, […]
Read More →Go on your own Wildlife Odyssey
If you enjoyed Australia’s Wild Odyssey – why not join the adventure? You can join the adventure and help experts around Australia gather data and possibly discover a new species! Everyone can join the Odyssey using the Bush Blitz Backyard Species Discovery project, a citizen science initiative using iNaturalist. While we can’t promise you’ll find […]
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