We recently sat down with Dean Main—our newest returning team member—to hear his reflections on coming back to Biologic after nearly five years working client-side.
[Reading Time: 2 minutes] Environmental DNA (eDNA) has almost limitless potential to provide high quality survey and monitoring data for…
At Biologic, we’re proud to have a team who genuinely love exploring all sorts of biomes for all sorts of reasons – and Mark Gresser is no exception. Mark, who has been a Senior Zoologist within our Vertebrate Fauna Team for the past six years, is currently trekking more than 5,000 kilometres across Australia to raise awareness and funds for youth mental health through organisation Batyr.
Whats next after graduation? You might know exactly what you want to do with your degree in environmental science, sustainability or a related field, but there’s also a good chance you’re still working out your next step.
Species identification can rely on multiple methods (dissection, DNA barcoding, shell morphology) but often necessitate euthanasia as shell morphology is not always reliable.
By matching fragments of DNA found in water, soil and air samples, against DNA sequence libraries, we can understand exactly what is living there, even the elusive species which can be hard to see, hear or catch.
A bunch of our amazing colleagues, family and friends gave up part of their weekend to contribute to our third Gidgegannup Carbon Project planting initiative.
Native bee numbers in Australia are rapidly declining. Dr Juliana Pille Arnold’s research shows that local floral resource availability strongly affects bee populations in remnant vegetation.
When chicken farmers noticed more vegetation popping up where chickens had grazed they pondering what was happening below the surface. That’s where we stepped in, analyzing the soil microbiome to understand what was changing at a microorganic level. Data from soil sampling can often prove useful for standard organic and biodynamic accreditations.
We knew there were Blind cave eel populations in the Robe Valley, because specimens had been found in eight sites, but the real question was – how do you monitor a mostly uncatchable fish?
One of the big questions in a biological survey of temporary aquatic habitats is – ‘What did we miss?’ For example, if you surveyed during a drought, would you find all the drought-resistant species present?
Remember those school excursions where you got to explore the bush, get a spider’s web in your hair and come home with dirt under your fingernails?
