What if soil could tell us trees are stressed before the trees can?
At Nardoo Hills, a team of conservationists are trying a new generation of technology to listen out for tree health.
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At Nardoo Hills, a team of conservationists are trying a new generation of technology to listen out for tree health.
It is the little animals like snails, skinks, geckos and giant centipedes that make Pacific Island ecosystems tick. The giant carnivorous centipede – more than 30 centimetres long – feasts on skinks and baby seabirds, providing nutrients for the soil. The snails eat the slime and the rubbish.
Phillip Island centipedes devour up to 3,700 black-winged petrel chicks each year, trapping nutrients brought from the ocean by the seabirds and distributing them around the island