In May 2025, the SA Arid Lands (SAAL) Landscape Board arranged a survey expedition to explore areas of habitat believed suitable for the species in the Gawler Ranges region, as part of SAAL's Discovery4Recovery project, funded by the Australian Government's Natural Heritage Trust.

The survey brought together team members from the SAAL Landscape Board, South Australian Seed Conservation Centre, National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia, Gawler Ranges Aboriginal Corporation, Far West Coast Rangers, and Nature Foundation. Starting at Hiltaba Nature Reserve, survey leads Elisa Sparrow (SAAL) and Dan Duval (Senior Collections Officer, South Australian Seed Conservation Centre) briefed the group on the characteristics of the species, keys to identification, and habitat preferences, before embarking on a series of searches in various locations around the reserve aligned with those habitat preferences.

Nature means the world to us. It's in our name. It's intrinsic to everything we do. So we are proud to be part of this year's Nature Festival, both as a Festival Partner and involved with a number of events.

Nature Festival is a two week celebration of our love of nature in South Australia, and from 26 September to 12 October 2025, and offers hundreds of events for all ages, full of creative ways to connect with nature and each other.

Following a reschedule due to the originally planned planting day for National Tree Day on Sunday 28 July being too wet to go ahead, our annual Watchalunga Planting Day was held yesterday.

Our dedicated team of Nature Foundation staff, members, supporters, and volunteers came together to plant 1,750 native seedlings, a significant contribution to the critical habitat of the endangered Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu-wren.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of our recent Conservation Conversations. Your presence and participation were invaluable. If you were unable to attend or watch live online, you can catch up on the evening's conversations via the recording below.

The Pale Sun-moth (Synemon selene), a species last recorded in South Australia in 1948 and considered locally extinct, was rediscovered in 2018 by SA Museum staff near Peterborough, in the state's mid-north. This significant rediscovery occurred in an uncropped native grassland, home to a resident population of endangered Pygmy Bluetongue lizards (Tiliqua adelaidensis).