🔎👩‍💻 Are you a consultant, environmental planner, or government employee whose work could benefit from using the ALA? Join us & EIANZ for two tailor-made workshops!🌳

⏰ 2 May, 1-2PM AEST
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⏰ 7 May, 1-2:15PM AEST
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Monday mornings got your head in a spin? 😵‍💫 Hop into a new week with some species fun facts!

Spinifex Hopping-Mouse (Notomys alexis) 🐭 lives in arid environments. To combat dehydration 💧 these mice excrete solid urine!

📸 | darcywhittaker
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Cardigan season is upon us.

While leaves around town turn golden brown, these orange-hued native species look ready for autumn year-round.

Want to know more about these autumn-inspired Aussies? Browse over 133 million species records: ala.org.au

Atlas of Living Aust

⭐ Applications close TODAY for the 2024 ALA Australian Biodiversity Data Mobilisation Program!

With two funding streams available, 🌱🐞 this program aims to help make your species occurrence records open & accessible through the ALA! 💻

Apply here: 🔗 ala.org.au/abdmp/

Check out CSIRO's expert commentary on this incredible project!! csiro.au/en/news/All/Ne…

Waddle you waiting for? It's #WorldPenguinDay !🐧

Little Blue Penguins (Eudyptula novaehollandiae) coat each feather in a drop of oil secreted from a gland near their tail which allows them to stay waterproof when our at sea. 💧

📸 | Beat Akeret CC
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Speak of the Devil! 😈

The Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus) may have an aggressive name, but they're harmless ant-eaters 🐜 that live in the desert. 🏜️

🦎 They have an unusual gait, walking with an erect tail in a bobbing motion.

📸 | TimRudman
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🔎 Have you used ALA's BioCollect tool?

BioCollect is data collection tool for ecologists, #citizenscientists & natural resource managers to collect and manage biodiversity data in the field. 🦎

🐟 Discover a BioCollect project today! 🔗 spr.ly/6014w1Ena Australian Citizen Science Association

❤️This week we've uploaded more than 78k records to the ALA including >11k records from the University of Canberra Wildlife Genetics Database! 🐢

Check out the new records here: 🔗 spr.ly/6015bZxyz

#Data #SpeciesOccurrenceRecord #Biodiversity #OpenAccess

Something hopping into your bed at 2am?
It could be a Whiptail Wallaby...
(or, in 1863, a Parry's Wallaroo) biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49740694 BHL Atlas of Living Aust

Happy #EarthDay !🌏 An excellent day to celebrate Earthworms!

🌱💧 Species like the Giant Gippsland Earthworm (Megascolides australis) can grow up to 3 metres in length, 😮 but their bodies contract making them appear much shorter.

📸 | Gemma
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⭐ 7 days left to get your applications in for the ALA Australian Biodiversity Data Mobilisation Program!

With both general and biosecurity funding streams available, 🌱🐞 this program helps make your data open & accessible in the ALA! 💻

🔗 ala.org.au/abdmp/

Critically endangered northern corroboree frogs spotted in Namadgi National Park for the first time in five years - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

📢 Are you a Masters or PhD student studying at an Australian university?

🎓 The GBIF @ecoevo.social/@gbif Graduate Researchers Award is open for submissions!

✅ Australian applications are due to the ALA by 31st May 2024.📆

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🔎Whether you're an iNaturalist pro or just starting out, 🌱 check out the ALA's 'A Guide to iNaturalist - An Australian perspective.'🐍

Written Thomas Mesaglio this is your one-stop-shop for increasing your iNat skills!⭐

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#CitizenScience Australian Citizen Science Association

One of the back issues of the Castlemaine Naturalist we've just made freely accessible on @biodivlibrary features an article about us making the back issues of field naturalist publications freely accessible on BHL. #Meta cc Atlas of Living Aust PRO Victoria biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63483829

😍 We've uploaded >50k new records to the ALA this fortnight!

Including new occurrence records from Western Australian Museum , iNaturalist, NatureMapr, Centre for Invasive Species Solutions and more ! ❤️

Check out the new records here 🔗 spr.ly/6013w7zff

A brand new opportunity @csiro: Project Leader for Indigenous Science & Biological Collections. Help us embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices and views within CSIRO’s National Research Collections and the Atlas of Living Australia.

jobs.csiro.au/job/Canberra%2…