Homes for Hawk-owls: A community conservation project
Nest-box Pilot Study Range to Reef has recently erected 30 artificial nest boxes on Christmas Island to trial the use of the boxes as a futu
"Dry" season surveys
This month Range to Reef staff visited Christmas Island to undertake a flora and vegetation assessment and Abbott’s booby survey, of...
Chinese New Year
Christmas Island’s proud Chinese-Malay heritage is one of the many things which makes the island unique. Each year we celebrate the...
Putting the spotlight on the Christmas Island Giant Gecko (Cyrtodactylus sadleiri)
Image: Sophie Arnall The Range to Reef fauna team has recently completed a comprehensive investigation into the distribution and...
Come rain or shine
Unseasonal torrential rains this month caused some unique problems for the Range to Reef flora and fauna teams. Digging in pit traps and...
A friendly visitor
We recently undertook flora and fauna surveys on Christmas Island and had a visit from an inquisitve Christmas Island Goshawk (Accipiter...
MINTOPE Project Update
On Christmas Island this month, I had the pleasure of a tour of the MINTOPE Project. The Mine to Plant Enterprises Project (MINTOPE) is...
Chinese New Year
The Range to Reef team attended Chinese New Year celebrations this month with the Christmas Islanders and Friends Association at Crown...
Record numbers of baby red crabs
It has been a bumper year for baby red crabs with hundreds of millions emerging from the ocean and marching inland to the rainforest on...
Red Crab Migration
November saw the start of the wet season this year on Christmas Island and the island's famous annual red crab migration where the...
Vegetation Mapping at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean
Rachael visited Christmas Island this month with our partner David Fell (www.davidfellenvironmental.com.au) to undertake vegetation...
