It is an honor to welcome this new class of exceptional women and men as part of our distinguished membership, said Don Randel, Chair of the Academy’s Board of Directors.

This gecko may have been isolated by this initial aridification of Australia long ago, and then persisted in its rocky refuge for millions of years. It is what we know as a relict species – something left behind after all its relatives have died out.

We've mapped the hotspots of eucalypt diversity and our study shows that by 2085 the hotspots will be in different places. We need to plan now to conserve those future hotspots.