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May 2019

A selection of Australian native bees

We’re Buzzing about World Bee Day!

To raise awareness of the importance of pollinators the UN has designated May 20 as World Bee Day! Australian native bees are proficient and important pollinators – they are also amazingly diverse and visually stunning, so let’s celebrate!

Author Nic Gill surrounded by shrubbery

Behind the Pages with Nic Gill

In June, Nic Gill author of Animal Eco-Warriors, will be presenting a workshop at the Greenwich Book Festival in London. Before she takes off, we've asked Nic where she got the inspiration to write her first children's book about animal eco-warriors!

Sequencing Eucalypt DNA: behind the scenes with Andrew Thornhill

We asked the lead author of an Australian Systematic Botany study to shed some light on the many years of work, people involved and challenges of sequencing the DNA of over 700 eucalypt species.

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