Dr Geoff Edwards, Webmaster of QSN, writes: The Biodiversity Heritage Library, long funded by the Smithsonian Institution, has been instrumental in digitising and making accessible a range of Australian scientific […]

As the likelihood of legislation to limit clearing of native vegetation gained public notoriety in the late 1990s, and pre-emptory clearing accelerated, concern by rural landholders in particular about ‘property […]

Professor Hugh Possingham has been awarded one of the global scientific community’s highest honours with his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society. A world-leading ecologist, Professor Possingham is […]

This remarkable book was produced by the British Association for the Advancement of Science in preparation for its “Australian Meeting 1914”. Not least of its remarkable features is a reference […]

At the time of drafting this post (April 2025), there seems to be no end of distressing news about loss of scientific knowledge, disbandment of scientific institutions and abandonment of […]

Dr Felicity Cutten is a scientist and freelance writer who has published popular science, short stories, poetry and short fiction. She has a PhD from McGill University, Montreal, Canada and […]

Reef Ecologic specialises in providing expert advice to design and implement innovative solutions to environmental challenges facing tropical marine ecosystems and the people who love and depend upon them. Reef […]

Don Keith, member of The Royal Society of Queensland and former President of Queensland Beekeepers Association, reports that until the pioneering research of Graham Kleinschmidt in the 1980s, most apiary […]

QSN member body The Moreton Bay Foundation has released a Blueprint for a sustainable Moreton Bay for people and nature (2025-2035) along with a Technical Appendix and a readable summary […]