Office management has had a changeover! Bennelongia would like to thank Brent Parker for over two years of work towards our accounts and administration. Diligent, dedicated…
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Key staff changes
We would like to announce the departure of Dr Andrew Trotter. He served as Principal Scientist with distinction over the last seven years, both in the field and office.…
Two new copepod species discovered
A new paper has recently been published describing two new copepod species of the genus Anzcyclops from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The paper…
Six new ostracod species discovered
Two new papers have recently been published as a result of ongoing research on the ostracod genus Bennelongia within Western Australia. The first paper (link) is…
Seven new species of troglofauna
Seven new species of troglofauna from the subterranean diversity hotspot in the Pilbara have been described in three papers published in the second issue of…
ARC linkage project awarded
Bennelongia would like to congratulate the University of Adelaide, Curtin University and Flinders University on recently being awarded an Australian Research Council grant to study…
New publication on trapdoor spiders
Danilo Harms has co-authored a paper describing four new Mouse Spider species from the Pilbara and Carnarvon. The paper, a collaboration with Laura Miglio (Museu…
Launch of Birds of the Murray-Darling Basin Conservation Statement
Stuart Halse has contributed to an article recently published by BirdLife Australia as part of their Birds of the Murray-Darling Basin Conservation Statement [link]. The work undertaken…
Troglofauna in the vadose zone: sampling results & adequacy
Stuart Halse and Grant Pearson have just published a paper on sampling methods for troglofauna in the Journal of Subterranean Biology [link]. The paper also provides…
Pilbara stygofauna: globally significant radiation of biodiversity
At last the results of the stygofauna surveys undertaken as part of the Pilbara Biodiversity Survey are available in a paper just published online in…