by Rafael Louzeiro | Oct 2, 2019 | Environment
The Red-tailed Phascogale is a small, ashy grey coloured insectivorous marsupial with a distinctive reddish-brown tail. Their scientific name is Phascogale calura, and they are also known as Red-tailed Wambenger and Kenngoor (Indigenous – Nyoongar) (Zoo 2019)....
by Briana Diopenes | Oct 1, 2019 | Environment
World Animal Day is a global event celebrated each year on the 4th of October. The mission of this social movement is to raise the status of animals and improve welfare standards across the globe. All living creatures, as sentient beings, deserve a high standard of...
by Bryanna Minchin and Sophie Johnstone | Sep 16, 2019 | Environment
What is Biodiversity? Biodiversity is often characterised as ‘the web of life’; it encompasses all living things and their ecosystems (Department of the Environment and Energy, 2019). Biodiversity seek to protect the genetic diversity within a species, species...
by Briana Diopenes | Sep 6, 2019 | Environment
Each year Australia celebrates National Bilby Day on the second Sunday of September. Bilbies are a significant part of Aboriginal culture featuring in traditional songs and stories of Indigenous Australians (Pavey 2006). For 60,000 years, bilbies inhabited more than...
by Jordan Sprlyan | Aug 15, 2019 | Environment
The term ‘Biodiversity Corridor’ is used to describe areas of vegetation which allow animals to travel from one patch of bush to another (ForestrySA, 2003). Biodiversity corridors can be both natural or man-made and can function at either a local or regional scale....
by Shayde Holbrey | Jul 30, 2019 | Environment
Current Status and Threats Western Australia is characterised by three distinct Botanical Provinces (Northern, Eremaean and South‐West) each divided into a number of Botanical Districts (Beard, 2000). The Southwest Australian Floristic Region (SWAFR) is a...
