Keep cafes, restaurants plastic-free
13 May 2020 Wildlife Queensland and its partner The Boomerang Alliance have welcomed the reopening of cafes, restaurants and food outlets, as long as they can be managed as COVID-safe places. “The key practices of these outlets must be to observe social...
More walking tracks and day-use areas in national parks reopen
15 May 2020 More day-use areas and walking tracks in national parks and state forests across Queensland will reopen this weekend, as part of the Stage One relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions. Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island), Mulgumpin (Moreton Island) and...
Wildlife Queensland Launches Fifth year of Platypus eDNA Surveys
2020 marks Wildlife Queensland’s fifth year of platypus environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys[efn_note]eDNA is nuclear or mitochondrial DNA that is released from an organism into the environment. As part of their everyday activity, aquatic animals shed DNA from their...
May update: Message from Peter Ogilvie
5 May 2020 At present, in our isolation, we are confronted, surrounded, cajoled and assailed by words (spoken and written) in the form of messages, demands, news items, regulatory requirements, stories, TV/radio entertainment and many more. I have always...
Keeping our environment and wildlife top of mind during the COVID-19 crisis
8 May 2020 As the world negotiates the challenging and ever-evolving social, economic and health impacts of the global novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many people are contemplating what kind of economy and society they want in the post-pandemic world. In...
Partial re-opening of some Qld National Parks
26 April 2020 The Palaszczuk Government today announced that some popular areas in National Parks in Queensland will re-open next Saturday, following a relaxation in guidelines from the Chief Health Officer. Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef...
It’s time to demand action on climate change, biodiversity crisis
26 March 2020 Australia’s biodiversity has taken an unprecedented hit during the 2019-20 wildfires. More than a billion native animals have died around the country – a figure that excludes fish, frogs, bats and insects – and the effects of toxic smoke from the...
A personal message from Wildlife Queensland President Peter Ogilvie
27 March 2020 Dear Friends of Wildlife Let me take this opportunity to wish you good health, and I hope you are able to escape, or at least overcome, the horrendous consequences of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, whether they be medical or economic. Over...
RBCN visits David Fleay Wildlife Park
27 March 2020 In March, the Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network (RBCN) visited David Fleay Wildlife Park on Queensland’s Gold Coast where a Richmond birdwing captive breeding program is currently underway. The breeding program, part of a joint captive...
Seeking out elusive quolls in the Mary River Catchment
26 March 2020 Wildlife Queensland’s Quoll Seekers Network (QSN) is on a mission to find quolls in the Mary River Catchment – and they need your help! Historically, there have been both spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) and northern quoll (Dasyurus...