In February 2014, a Bush Blitz survey was conducted in Five Rivers Reserve and trawtha makuminya in the Tasmanian Central Highlands. At least 676 species were new records for the reserves, including 18 species believed to be new to science. Five threatened…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…