Kevin ThieleNov 9, 20203 minThis big, beautiful bee is in serious troubleThe green carpenter bee (Xylocopa aerata) is one of Australia's most spectacular bees. It's big and bold, up to 20 mm long and bright...
Kevin ThieleMay 1, 20191 minAnother presumed marine extinctionJohn Huisman from the Western Australian Herbarium has pointed out that this Taxonomy Australia blog has an error. In a eulogy to the...
Kevin ThieleApr 26, 20192 minYeelirrie stygofauna a step closer to extinctionThis article from ABC News reports on the Commonwealth's approval of the Yeelirrie uranium project in Western Australia, an approval...
Kevin ThieleApr 24, 20193 minCat diseases and Russian DollsYou may have seen this recent post from the Australian Academy of Science about toxoplasmosis, a parasitic disease shared by humans and...
Kevin ThieleApr 17, 20192 minCandida auris - first discovered in 2009, now killing people all around the worldWhen a 70-year old woman living in Tokyo fell ill with an ear infection in the late 2000s, doctors were at first at a loss to understand...