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  1. Site Page: Join the world’s biggest fish race around the world – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 15th August 2017 It’s National Science Week this week, and there’s lots of things to get involved in, including the Whale Shark Race Around the World. The Race which officially kicked off yesterday, will see schools around the country join scientists in tracking the movements of the world’s biggest fish – the Whale Shark. ECOCEAN is Australia’s only not-for-profit research organisation dedicated to conserving the whale shark...

  2. Site Page: Look for Whale Sharks in your Lounge Room – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 21st August 2012 Spot whale sharks at Ningaloo Reef without leaving your loungeroom with a new virtual expedition on the Atlas of Living Australia Biodiversity Volunteer Portal. The expedition enables participants to get involved in whale shark conservation by transcribing the daily reports of spotter planes over Ningaloo Reef...

  3. Site Page: Spooky Species – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 31st October 2023 Does it croak or growl, have fangs or howl? Does it scream at night or give you a fright? 🎃 Many iconic living (or dead) things that are seen around Halloween are inspired by species in the natural world! Check out some of the most spook-tacular Aussie species! Goblin Shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) Museums Victoria CC BY NC Goblin Shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) Talk about a creature from nightmares, the Goblin Shark is one of the most illusive deep-sea sharks known to...

  4. 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...

  5. Site Page: National Science Week – are you up for the challenge? – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 11th August 2017 Commencing tomorrow, National Science Week is celebrating its 20th birthday, and it’s your opportunity to help do science! There are numerous ways that users of the ALA can participate in National Science Week activities: Add your sightings of plants or animals directly to the ALA. Contribute your sightings to one of the many citizen science projects currently happening in different areas of Australia through our project finder tool...

  6. Site Page: ALA welcomes new data from Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory – Atlas of Living Australia

    Posted on 17th February 2015 The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) has more than quadrupled their specimen data that is freely available online through the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA). Newly available data has increased the number of accessible MAGNT records from around 53,000 to more than 220,000. The new records include mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, and for the first time data from MAGNT’s marine invertebrates collections...

  7. Site Page: ALA-cited publications – Atlas of Living Australia

    Have you used the ALA in your published (or soon-to-be published) research? Please let us know about it via this form. We’re interested in all types of research that the ALA supports including research publications in scientific journals, reports, book chapters, theses, as well as websites and apps. Online bibliography This bibliography provides a list of known publications that have utilised data in the ALA or ALA infrastructure to support their research...

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