Across Western Australia’s vast rangelands, life thrives in remarkable and resilient forms.  

In the face of change, one skilled and passionate teacher has capitalised on a new opportunity: to showcase our State’s natural beauty to students across WA. The result is a powerful bridge between real-world environmental stories and structured curriculum outcomes. 

What happens to insects and other invertebrates exposed to prescribed burns in the jarrah forests of south-west Western Australia? Do they survive, and if so, how? Three decades of invertebrate sampling in jarrah forest has led to the discovery that many surface-active invertebrates survive in small patches of unburned habitat. These act as vital refugia, allowing invertebrate communities to survive fire and recolonise the forest.