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  1. Site Page: This is one bird to be cass-o-wary of! – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 26th September 2023 Celebrating #WorldCassowaryDay Err… is that a bird or a dinosaur? Well, both (kind of)! We’re talking about the Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius), often described as one of the closest living relatives of dinosaurs. Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) adult. Photo Credit Tom Hunt CC BY NC These gigantic flightless birds (‘ratites’) occupy tropical areas of northern Australia and Papua New Guinea...

  2. Site Page: Making Tracks to the Atlas: From OzTrack to ZoaTrack – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 21st September 2015 From big Crocodiles in Cape York to Little Penguins in and around St Kilda, the biodiversity projects that incorporate tracking devices are providing highly valuable data on the whereabouts of wildlife on-the-move. ZoaTrack researcher Hamish Campbell sends a turtle back to the wild with a tracking device attached to the shell...

  3. Site Page: Atlas of Living Australia – making field guides accessible – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 12th December 2012 The Atlas of Living Australia now has over 35 million records on Australian species freely and openly available through their website. What is not commonly known is that all the capabilities behind the delivery and visualisation of these records are also freely available via open “web services...

  4. Site Page: The path of the emu: mapping 6,000 years of emu movement – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 17th June 2021 By Julia Ryeland, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University Emus are iconic. They join Kangaroos on the Australian coat of arms and are an essential part of any visit to the outback. They are also among the last of the Australia’s giant animals, or megafauna, giving us a window on Australia’s past giants...

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