Conservation: What’s it to ya?
“That sounds like a job you want when you’re four years old, not a job you actually have as anContinue Reading
Author: Kylie Soanes
Urban and road ecology at SCB Oceania 2016
The Society for Conservation Biology Oceania section’s conference is in tropical Brisbane this year – the perfect place to escapeContinue Reading
The case of the zombie roadkill
Bullsh*t, I swore gently under my breath. There’s just no way. That’s how one of the most interesting discoveries of my PhDContinue Reading
Victoria’s Threatened Possums and Gliders – A SWIFFT video-conference
Everyone loves a good acronym. And last month, I had the pleasure of being part of a seminar for aContinue Reading
Enjoy your PhD, don’t endure it
PhD students are a miserable bunch. Or at least, I’m worried that’s how we must come across to the rest of the world.
Have you met the neighbours?
Introducing two very, very cool little critters from south-east Australia that you might not have met yet.
The perks of peri-urban living
We had unlimited access to paddocks and bushland. Sure, it was weedy, and not exactly pristine. But that’s where we spotted the echidna.
Pretty pigeons on the trash heap
As ‘Melbourne kids’ we’d squeal with delight on road trips to our grandparents house whenever we spotted top-notch pigeons balancing precariously on the power lines.
My ugly lemon tree
Animals are resourceful and will find a way enjoy even the ugliest of gardens.
For the love of the urban safari
We don’t often appreciate the nature of urban areas. ‘Nature? What nature? No nature here. I live in the city’…
