Funds for Flying Foxes Across the State

Funds for Flying Foxes Across the State

23 August 2021 Flying Fox Roost Management Grants Should Prioritise Coexistence Wildlife Queensland welcomes the Queensland Government’s Flying-fox Roost Management Local Governments Grants Program, which makes available $2 million in grant funding for 2021–2024 to...

Logan Valley Landowners Sought for Koala Survey

19 August 2021 A study to determine how koalas navigate fragmented habitat and their use of isolated eucalypts in the Logan Valley urgently requires the assistance of landholders around Rathdowney and Beaudesert.  The destruction and fragmentation of suitable koala...
Share the Science – it’s Science Week!

Share the Science – it’s Science Week!

17 August 2021 Science is at the heart of what we do, so what better week to recognise Australian scientists’ hard work, dedication, and passion than National Science Week, running from 14 to 22 August 2021.   Science encompasses a broad range of subjects,...
Have you seen the world’s only aquatic monotreme?

Have you seen the world’s only aquatic monotreme?

16 August 2021 Keep an eye out for Australia’s strangest mammal during #platypusmonth August is Platypus Month, an initiative embraced by Wildlife Queensland’s PlatypusWatch program. Despite almost everyone knowing about the biological curiosity that is the world’s...
Join our ‘Spooktacular’ Halloween Batty Boat Cruise

Join our ‘Spooktacular’ Halloween Batty Boat Cruise

    16 August 2021 It wouldn’t be Halloween without bats! Dress up and join us on 31 October 2021 for a Halloween Batty Boat Cruise that promises to be truly ‘spooktacular’. Not only will you cruise the Brisbane River at dusk aboard the MV Neptune, taking in the...

Counting the Cost of Invasive Species

10 August 2021 A new study by Flinders University and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage estimates the economic impact of trying to halt the feral invasion in Australia and shows just how costly weeds can be. It is no secret that...
Boredom-busting Wildlife-themed Activities for Kids

Boredom-busting Wildlife-themed Activities for Kids

6 August 2021   Download our wildlife-themed kids’ activities After a week of lockdown, most Queenslanders are hoping restrictions will ease on Sunday 8 August. We all have to continue doing our bit, but we also know that spending time in nature has...

Time to ‘Pack it in’ for Plastic

      Thanks to all of the inspirational entrants to our Plastic Free July competition. #PlasticFreeJuly is a wonderful catalyst for getting people to consider waste-reduction strategies in their own homes, but let’s not stop there … we need...

Wildlife Australia Father’s Day Promotion 2021

  31 July 2021 Subscribe to Wildlife Australia magazine between 1 August and 5 September 2021 and receive a FREE copy of Harry Saddler’s fantastic new book Questions Raised by Quolls: Fatherhood and Conservation in an Uncertain World.   As Harry...
Celebrating Trees on National Tree Day

Celebrating Trees on National Tree Day

  31 July 2021 We owe a lot to trees. Not only do they produce the oxygen we breathe but they are also carbon sequesters that remove and trap carbon from the atmosphere, helping to green our nation and buffer us from the impacts of climate change. Clearly, the...

Thank a Ranger on World Ranger Day 2021

31 July 2021 Author: Jasmine Greene   Today is World Ranger Day! All across the world, 31 July celebrates and supports those who work to protect the planet’s natural treasures and cultural resources and honours the courage and sacrifice of rangers who have given...

Position Statement on Helium Balloons

29 July 2021 What goes up must come down! Boomerang Alliance and Wildlife Queensland oppose any release of helium and other lighter-than-air balloons. The impact of balloons on litter, marine and terrestrial wildlife, and farm animals is well-recognised and documented...

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