A captive-bred plains wanderer is fitted with a tracking device and inspected for any health issues before it is released into the wild. Taken for DPE/Saving our Species.
Location - Budderoo National Park
Location - Queanbeyan
Location - Barham
A critically endangered Northern corroboree frog male guards over his eggs. Taken for DPE/Saving our Species.
A wild plains-wanderer of the Hay Plains, found while surveying private property as part of the Paddocks for Plains Wanderer project.
A critically endangered Northern corroboree frog found during surveys. Taken for DPE/Saving our Species.
Location - Cooma
image of the iconic green and golden bell frog
an endangered mountain pygmy-possum sits in the hand of a threatened species officer after being trapped for surveys
Marine ecologist Kai Paijmans surveying the coastline
Ecologist Kai Paijmans uses a stereoscopic camera to document the schooling behaviour of tropical fish in temperate regions during summer.
University of Wollongong professor Andy Davis, along with honors student Melissa, observe a large Euastacus spinifer in one of their labs. Currently they are studying how the invasive common yabby (Cherax destructor) effects Euastacus behaviour, particularly in relation to trapping.
Floating ice in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
Dr Paula Cushing is an arthropologist at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, most known for her work on the relationships between solifugae (camel spiders) and true spiders.
A Solifugae (camel spider) in the arachnid database of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. This is one of 30,000 species collected as part of the Colorado spider survey
A sac spider (Clubionidae) in the arachnid database of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. This is one of 30,000 species collected as part of the Colorado spider survey