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Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland (Wildlife Queensland) is the longest-running wildlife conservation organisation in Queensland. For more than 60 years we’ve worked to protect and conserve at-risk species and habitats, advocating for better environmental policy, delivering vital on-ground conservation programs, and raising awareness of wildlife conservation issues through education and community engagement.
Calling all novice conservation photographers!
Honouring the legacy of acclaimed conservation photographer Wayne Lawler, the Wayne Lawler Nature Conservation Photography Grant supports photography projects by non-professional Australian nature conservation photographers.
The grant must be undertaken in partnership with a community-led conservation partner project and rewards the winning photographer with up to $2000 of eligible expenditure for their nature conservation photography project.
You can help save Queensland’s largest butterfly
Wildlife Queensland’s Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network aims to recover the vulnerable Richmond birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera richmondia) by restoring its essential lowland food plant, the birdwing butterfly vine (Pararistolochia praevenosa) throughout this butterfly’s natural range.
You can help us in this task simply by purchasing and caring for a vine in your own South East Queensland backyard. Vines cost just $10 and come in a 9cm pot with a 70cm stake—ready for planting to enliven your garden and help preserve Queensland’s largest butterfly species! Note that vines must be picked up from Wildlife Queensland’s head office in Highgate Hill, Brisbane.
Celebrating our older supporters
We’re celebrating the incredible contributions of our older supporters! From volunteers to community leaders, your dedication safeguards Queensland’s precious wildlife and habitats.
Discover how your contribution to Wildlife Queensland can leave a lasting legacy.
Latest news
Uncovering the secrets of echidnas: diggings and conservation
Dr Kate Dutton-Regester, a wildlife scientist and Wildlife Queensland’s EchidnaWatch Project Officer, is leading groundbreaking echidna research. Her work spans identifying echidna diggings, assessing the impacts of fire ants, training detection dogs, and uncovering the secrets of their habitats.
Wildlife Queensland celebrates Dr Tamielle Brunt’s platypus conservation journey
Dr Tamielle Brunt, Wildlife Queensland’s PlatypusWatch Project Officer, is passionate about protecting platypuses and restoring their populations in Queensland’s waterways.
Grow hope for the Richmond birdwing butterfly
The birdwing vine is essential to the survival of the Richmond birdwing butterfly. Thanks to the Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network, the next generation of these vines is thriving and ready to take root in backyards and bushland.
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engaging communities
Species spotlight: Platypus
Platypus populations occur throughout Tasmania and up the east coast of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland as far as Cooktown. The platypus is now extinct in South Australia though Kangaroo Island has an introduced population.
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