21 November 2019 Authors: Tamielle Brunt and Judith Vink Whilst on a recent walk at Eugene Street Reserve in Bellbird Park, South East Queensland, members of the Bellbird Park Preservation Group retrieved an abandoned enclosed yabby trap (opera house net) from...
18 December 2019 Author: Rachael Harris South-eastern Queensland is in the midst of a very hot and very dry period. Data accessed on the Bureau of Meteorology website shows the total rainfall for Brisbane from January to November 2019 was only 438mm. The 2018 total...
20 December 2019 Public submissions have opened for the first independent review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act in a decade. Led by Professor Graeme Samuel AC, the review’s terms of reference includes that the panel makes...
20 December 2019 As 2019 draws to a close, it is a great feeling to be finishing the year on a high. A series of recent activities have come together all with positive outcomes that acknowledge the efforts invested by Wildlife Queensland, our members, Branches,...
18 December 2019 Author: Alesia Dyer Camera image of a brush-tailed rock-wallaby Wildlife Queensland recently completed an infrared camera monitoring survey as part of a project to improve and increase the foraging habitat for an important colony of...
20 December 2019 Wildlife Queensland, in partnership with the Boomerang Alliance, has campaigned to reduce plastic pollution and litter in Queensland, with a particular focus on single-use, disposable plastics. Items such as: plastic bagsstraws plastic cups and...
27 November 2019 Wildlife Queensland recently caught up with Wildlife Queensland Annual Dinner special guest speaker and renowned palaeontologist, Professor Mike Archer, to chat about his current project to save the Critically Endangered Mountain Pygmy-possum...
27 November 2019 The Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland (Wildlife Queensland) this week hosted a meeting with the 13th Delegation from New Zealand. The meeting was held at Wildlife Queensland’s head office in Highgate Hill, Brisbane, and was part of a...
updated 25 November 2019 This year, Wildlife Queensland’s celebration of another year in conservation will be held on 7 December at the beautiful Indooroopilly Golf Club where friends and supporters of the Society will enjoy drinks and a 2-course dinner...
updated 7 January 2020 Our hearts go out to everyone being affected by the bushfires in Australia. Thank you to the remarkable men and women currently fighting fires and helping to rescue and care for our precious wildlife. Thank you also to the many concerned...
14 November 2019 The Climate Council has released a new briefing paper ‘This is Not Normal’: Climate Change and Escalating Bushfire Risk which finds the catastrophic fire conditions affecting Queensland and New South Wales have been aggravated by climate...
