Associate Professor Nicki Mitchell is our guest speaker tonight She will be talking on the fascinating breeding ecology of Western Australia’s turtle frog, Myobatrachus gouldii, a most unusual looking animal. It has the appearance of a small turtle without a shell and lives almost entirely underground in Banksia Woodlands, only ...
DRB Presents: James (Jimmy) Lamb talking about Wildlife in the Perth Hills, Wheatbelt and Australia
Meet Emerson (Em) Lamond, a self-taught amateur bryologist who Really Really Loves Mosses. Em will provide an introduction to bryophytes; what is a moss, liverwort and hornwort; How WA differs from other parts of the world in mosses liverworts and hornworts. Then a look at some of the most interesting ...
Western Australian vertebrate palaeontology has had a slow and bumpy ride from the first staggered descriptions in the early 1900s, to the world famous Nullarbor cave megafauna discoveries at the turn of the century. All these discoveries would not have been possible without members of the public pointing out ‘large bones’ or ‘giant footprints’ to museum or university scientists. The Swan Coastal Plain has several fossil deposits detailing the past faunal diversity of Perth and surrounds, stretching from Jurien Bay to Rottnest Island.
This talk will cover how the public can collect fossils responsibly (permits, safety etc.), where locals may find ‘subfossils’ in the Perth hills, some of the basics for identifying native animal bones, and where to send the ‘weird’ ones.
Daniel Heald will deliver a presentation outlining the flora and fauna he encountered on a recent trip to New Zealand. Venue: Contact: for further details.
Join Don Poynton as he takes us on a cruise through the reefs and islands of the Kimberley Coast from Ashmore Reef to Rowley Shoals. Don will cover the history and biodiversity of four reefs and three islands using some of the many photos he took both above and underwater.
Our presentation on Abalone has been rescheduled to 19 June.
A talk by Andrew Wallace & Charles Porter These exceptional young men will bring you an exciting glimpse into their world as young naturalist's through their photography and extensive knowledge of the smaller parts of our natural world. Autumn in the Perth Region brings forth a fascinating array of bushland invertebrates. These ...
DRB Presents: Andrew Crawford from the West Australian Seed Centre talking about Safe guarding seed: a modern day Noah’s ark
Andrew Marriot, Andrew is an accomplished underwater photographer and his presentation will highlight the underwater environment in our local area plus provide tips for taking photographs while snorkeling or diving.
Our speaker will be Mr Peter Stephenson, retired Principal Research Scientist- Stock Assessment, Department of Fisheries Western Australia. Common methods of determining the status of finfish stocks will be explored. The methods will be illustrated with two examples from Western Australia, Shark Bay Pink Snapper, Pilbara Red Emperor and also ...
Japan Trip - Desiree Heald has recently returned from an extended trip to Japan and will share with us some sightings of fauna, flora and other aspects of nature that she encountered on her trip.
In the late 1970s, the mammal emblem of WA, the termite-eating numbat, was slipping towards extinction. This once-widespread marsupial survived in only three places in the south-west and by 1985, at only two sites, Dryandra and the Perup Forest with around 300 animals. This presentation will trace the ups and ...