Kit Prendergast’s great talk underlined the evolution of the bee and the mutual relationship (win-win) that drove the diversification of the most successful plant group (Angiosperms: flowering plants) over the past 125 million years. Kit is a PhD student at Curtin University where her study involves looking at European Honeybee ...

Northern Suburbs Branch Lake Goollelal is the southernmost water body of a chain of lakes and swamps that make up the wetlands in the Yellagonga Regional Park. It is surrounded by remnants of fringing paperbark woodland, Jarrah-Marri-Banksia open woodland and scattered Tuart. The lake, although shallow by world standards, is ...

Northern Suburbs Branch As most of us are aware, animal and plant biodiversity and the associated ecological processes underpin the health of our environment and therefore its ability to support human needs. Species diversity is changing globally and locally, but the complexity of ecological communities hampers a general understanding of ...

Northern Suburbs Branch Due to health issues it had been eight months since Brice Wells (OAM) had made a presentation but from the beginning it was obvious he had not lost his passion for birds, nor lost his communication skills. Brice opened with his only slide containing words: “On the ...

Northern Suburbs Branch Dr Mark Brundrett asked to delay his presentation until March so that he could utilise material from a very recent paper he co-authored entitled, Evolutionary history of mycorrhizal symbioses and global host plant diversity1. Mark split his presentation into four parts, commencing with an overview of Australia’s ...

Five members and a visitor who had travelled all the way from Beaconsfield spent the morning exploring the beach and cliffs north of Trigg Island. Unfortunately, by the time we returned from this foray the wind had swung to the southwest. So despite the shelter of the island the sea ...

The NSB conducted its Annual General Meeting in place of a speaker for the last meeting of the year and then held a digital photo competition. Chairperson, Don Poynton reported: Attendance at meetings had fluctuated throughout the year between 13 and 27 with an aggregate of 235 compared with 302 ...

For most participants it was a first-time visit, for a few a return visit and for one, his second home! Seventeen members had the privilege of being conducted by Dr Lisa Kirkendale, Curator (Mollusca), on a guided tour through the wet and dry storage areas, laboratories and the Preparators’ workshop ...

Our speaker—club member Kirsten Tullis—commenced work at the WA Museum as a volunteer preparing bird specimens in 1981. Today, as the Museum’s Senior Preparator (Exhibition and Design Department), her job embraces not only taxidermy, but moulding, casting and biological model-making as well as assisting with the preparation and installation of ...