Happy batty Christmas!

20 December 2019 Baby Indi – 4-week-old orphaned black flying-fox. Image © Tamielle Brunt The final Batty Boat Cruise for 2019 was an evening of relaxed cruising on the Brisbane River, a stunning sunset and flying-fox fly-out spectacular! At dusk, we circled the...

Aquatic wildlife seeking refuge at risk of entrapment

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...

Nest box use by hollow-dependent fauna

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...

Have Your Say: Review of the EPBC Act 1999

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...

Wildlife Queensland finishes 2019 on a high

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,...
Brush-tailed rock-wallaby project update – December 2019

Brush-tailed rock-wallaby project update – December 2019

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...

Less plastics, less litter ‒ our plastics campaign so far

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...

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