the biodiversity tree-web
Mucking around with old and new representations of the tree of life until it becomes more web-like…. See a slightly larger version here
biodiversity
Conservation Council of WA: Bellwethers of Climate Change
From http://www.biodiversity2010.org.au/about/grant-recipients-round-3/ The White-striped Bat (Tadarida australis) is one of the largest insectivorous (microbats) in Australia. It is a fast flyer and tracks the open space above the tree canopy. Its speed gives it a wide foraging range and as a result it is one of the few bats routinely encountered over urban areas. …
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The very last Christmas island Pipistrelle bat
The very last Xmas island Pipistrelle bat was heard on 25 August 2009 with no further ‘sightings’ (hearings) despite intensive efforts to locate the species. At 3 g it was/is the smallest bat in Australia. Writing in January 2009 Dr Lindy Lumsden noted: “Surveys undertaken in the mid-1980s found it to be common and widespread …