‘Nuggets of black gold’: meet the dung beetles moving fertiliser and flies

July 29th, 2024

The Land Australia, Other, 28/07/2024, Yowie Man
From the outside, John Feehan’s home in suburban Canberra resembles that of many others in the inner north. However, squirreled away behind the classic 1970s-style garage door lies something not found in any other garage in Australia, let alone Canberra. […] “This species, Bubas bison , which evolved in European winters and was introduced to Australia by CSIRO pre-1991, is especially suitable for the cold and wet winters of south-eastern Australia.”