by Damien Herlihy | 28 July 2025 | Environment, Water
The Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri. Image: Atlas of Living Australia By Brendan Ross After dusk, if you sit quietly on the banks of Enoggera Creek, you might witness something extraordinary. Out of the stillness, a dark shape may rise from the water’s...
by Damien Herlihy | 30 June 2025 | Conservation, Water
Freshwater jellyfish, Craspedacusta sowerbii: Thoto by Kai squires via Atlas of Living Australia. Licensed under CC-BY 4.0. By Brendan Ross If you are a regular beachgoer, you might expect to see jellyfish washed up after a strong onshore wind, but would you expect to...
by Damien Herlihy | 16 June 2025 | Energy, Environment
By Andrew Turley Although it is rarely reported, extreme heat is Australia’s deadliest natural disaster. You might remember the Black Saturday fires, which burned 25 million hectares of land, destroyed 3,000 homes, and killed 33 people across Victoria and South...
by Damien Herlihy | 2 June 2025 | Conservation, Environment, Water
Macrobrachium Australiense: This Australian freshwater prawn. Photo by Marilyn Connell via Atlas of Living Australia. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. By Brendan Ross After dark, when the last dog-walkers leave the park, a quiet workforce takes over our creeks. If you shine...
by Damien Herlihy | 2 June 2025 | Conservation, Environment
By Brendan Ross We’re excited to share that the creek survey results are in! Back in October 2024, The Gap Sustainability Initiative, in collaboration with Save Our Waterways Now (SOWN), carried out a series of cutting-edge environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys in...
