Flora leading the way

25 May 2017

Wildlife Queensland is excited to have been invited to the launch of the Statewide Regional Ecosystems Maps and Information Systems on Tuesday, 30 May at the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mt Coot-tha. The completion of this project is a significant achievement and...

Logan, let’s discover our quolls!

25 May 2017

Wildlife Queensland and the Quoll Seekers Network, with support from the Logan City Council, will be hosting a Quoll Discovery Day at the Chambers Flat / Logan Reserve Community Centre to raise awareness of our favourite endangered native carnivorous marsupial, the...

WPSQ and WLFL: linked by the past

25 May 2017

As a volunteer caretaker of the Bukkulla Reserve – the largest (over 1800 hectares) and most environmentally significant property of the lands under Wildlife Land Fund Limited (WLFL) management and for which the WLFL is the Sole Trustee – I was seeking...

Uncertain future for Cullendore quoll population

22 May 2017

By Mark Simpson The Spotted-tailed Quoll is the largest marsupial carnivore currently living on the mainland of Australia. Once widely distributed throughout the continent, it has seen a 50 to 90% reduction in range since European settlement, with the current...

Attitudes must improve – April 2017

28 Apr 2017

Flying foxes or mega-bats are in urgent need of a refreshed image in the eyes of the broader community. The four species – black, grey-headed, spectacled, and little red – occur in Queensland, though unfortunately, it appears populations are in decline. In the...

Wild enough for wee ones? – April 2017

28 Apr 2017

28 Apri 2017 On 23 March Network Ten’s Totally Wild filmed another segment involving the work of WPSQ’s PlatypusWatch program, this time to give its young viewers an insight into the importance of eDNA surveying in the search for the elusive platypus. As informative...

Mega inspiring fauna – April 2017

28 Apr 2017

Marsupials hold a certain notoriety in the animal kingdom. Characterized by premature birth and continued development on the mother’s lower belly, marsupials make up most of the native mammals found in Australia. Over 40,000 years ago, many of Australia’s marsupials...

Human-wildlife interaction unavoidable – March 2017

24 Mar 2017

Interactions between humans and wildlife are an unavoidable occurrence, with negative outcomes ranging from fright to minor injury to the unfortunate loss of life as has recently occurred in north Queensland. A key endeavour of the increased global push for wildlife...

WPSQ applauds ‘no helium balloon policy’ – March 2017

24 Mar 2017

Wildlife Queensland has welcomed the announcement that Retail First, owner of 20 shopping centres across south-east Queensland, will ban the use of helium balloons, and calls for other retailers to follow suit. Retail First acted quickly and responsibly when it became...

Bridging the Gap – It’s working! – March 2017

24 Mar 2017

After 6 months of collaborative on-ground work Wildlife Queensland’s Bridging the Gap appeal to reconnect and restore the north Queensland habitat of the endangered mahogany glider is seeing signs of early success, with the first happy snaps gliding in! “Without...

Wild Women Unite for Wildlife – March 2017

24 Mar 2017

‘Mother Elephant’ Sharon Pincott inspired a 78-strong gathering of women (and some very brave and supportive men) as guest speaker at WPSQ’s recent Wild Women Brunch for Wildlife in honour of International Women’s Day 2017. Our MC on the day, Samantha Morris – a...

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