Just over a year ago media reports indicated the Blue Gum Forest of the Grose Valley was “hanging in the balance” because of a wildfire made “more intense, unpredictable and extensive by massive backburning operations”. I trekked into the forest … [Read more...] about Blue Gums in Grose Valley Healthy After Back-Burning
Archives for February 3, 2008
The Giant White-tailed Rat
One of Australia’s largest native rodents, the Giant White-tailed Rat (Uromys caudimaculatus) has such formidable teeth and jaw strength, they have been known to eat through steel garbage bins. They are also capable of dispersing large-seeded tree … [Read more...] about The Giant White-tailed Rat
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.