Ecologist Val English presented us with a talk on mound springs at the November meeting. Having joined the Department of Parks & Wildlife in 1994, Val was responsible for setting up the flora survey database of endangered/threatened species; she is now Principal Ecologist with the Species and Communities Section.Mound springs ...
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Darling Range Branch
We are excited to announce that for the first time, the DRB is presenting a day-time course on Natural History in the Perth Hills. You, or your friends, family and colleagues are welcome to enrol. Enrolments are on 6th February 2017. Dates: Four consecutive Friday afternoons starting on Friday 24th ...
Read more →Prof Don Bradshaw presented a talk on this tiny, rare WA mammal that is neither a possum nor a devourer of honey. Professor Don Bradshaw, Chair of Zoology and Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Animal Biology at UWA, presented a talk on Honey Possums to a well-attended meeting on ...
Read more →Our guest speaker for the first talk of 2015 was Dr Patrick Armstrong, Adjunct Professor at Edith Cowan University and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Royal Society of WA. Patrick’s talk entitled “Darwin, Australia and Luck”, providing us with an historical perspective of the naturalist Charles Darwin, was timely ...
Read more →Research ecologist Dr Adrian Wayne’s discussion could have been titled ‘The ups and downs of Woylie populations in WA’ , for that is what has happened in recent years to these endearing little macropods, with several serious crashes that sent researchers scrambling for answers before it was too late. Adrian brought ...
Read more →Surprise, surprise – the stormy weather held off with quite a bit of sunshine on Sunday July 20th and the few people who were expected (weather wise) turned out to be 30 enthusiasts, including some visitors to the Reserve who were welcomed to join our group! The planned 45 minute ...
Read more →Dr Stephen Davies, Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental Biology, Curtin University and ornithologist extraordinaire, presented a talk on megapods at the DRB meeting held on 14th March. His illustrated talk presented us with the general characteristics of the megapods (Family Megapodiidae; with a literal meaning “large footed”), with members including ...
Read more →Dr Barry Wilson, former Curator of Molluscs at the WA Museum, presented a talk covering the general biogeography of the North West shelf with new information on the extensive coral reefs of the Kimberley Coast. Barry has an in-depth knowledge of this remote area from his many research trips; his ...
Read more →“Kanyana is a community, not just a wildlife rescue centre,” says June Butcher, Founder and General Manager of Kanyana Wildlife Research Centre in Lesmurdie. “While rescue and recovery of native animals remain our core business, today it is much, much more. With over 300 volunteers and all the associated energy ...
Read more →Adjunct Professor Jonathan Majer presented his talk on “Invertebrate surveillance on Barrow Island – a bare necessity”. Jonathan, now retired and working as a consultant, has the rare privilege of having a new ant species named after him, Melophorus majeri. His presentation condensed several years of work preparing a baseline ...
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