Current Projects

A project undertaken at The University of Melbourne, and supervised by Prof Brendan Wintle A collaboration between The University of Melbourne, Bush Heritage Australia and a national consortium of First...

A project undertaken at the Western Australian Museum, and supervised by Dr Fernando Soley. Tool use is a rare phenomenon in animals, despite its potential usefulness for solving ecological challenges....

A project undertaken at Deakin University, and supervised by Dr Scarlett Howard. Insects are reported to be in global decline across many diverse regions. Bees are one of the most...

A project undertaken at The University of Sydney, and supervised by Prof Peter Banks. Parasite ecology is by far least understood of the main ecological interactions in Australia. While there...

A project undertaken at The University of Melbourne, and supervised by Prof Russell Drysdale. Australia's arid zone is one of the nation's most iconic features, hosting a uniquely adapted flora...

A project undertaken at Deakin University, and supervised by Dr Susanna Venn. Although Australian alpine vegetation has the capacity to survive mild fluctuations in climate, snowpack variability and occasional dry...

A project undertaken at the University of Tasmania, and supervised by Dr Scott Bennett. Kelp forests span over 8000 kms of rocky reefs along the southern half of Australia and...

A project undertaken at the University of New South Wales, and supervised by A/Prof Terry Ord. The large, bustling nests and manicured foraging highways of the meat ant are a...