Forget ‘bunnies’, it’s time for some native goodies …
14 April 2021 It’s a dentist’s favourite time of year. Kids get a long break and a sugar rush, and parents get … well … let’s just say we might need a spell in the garden! Of course, we don’t expect Aussie natives will ever topple the world’s favourite Easter...
An unexpected event: a political party gets proactive
12 April 2022 The starter gun has been fired for the Federal Election on 21 May 2022. Although Wildlife Queensland is apolitical, it is customary for our Policies and Campaigns Officer to contact political parties prior to an election to determine environment-related...
Federal funding provides ongoing help for ‘brushies’ with a new conservation network planned
12 April 2021 Wildlife Queensland is delighted to announce that we have successfully secured a grant funded under the Commonwealth Government’s ‘Environment Restoration Fund Threatened Species Strategy Action Plan – Priority Species’ program to help recover...
Will our top fossil be a platypus?
11 April Tourism Minister Stirling Hinchliffe has announced that Queenslanders will be able to pick their favourite fossil to add to Queensland’s nine official emblems from April 11 – and one of them is an ancient platypus. After feedback from museums, tourism...
Park Ridge’s quest for quolls continues …
31 March 2021 Park Ridge locals are now ‘quollified’ and seeking quolls! Generously hosted and supported by Park Ridge Connect, our Quoll Seekers Network’s well-turned-out Quoll Discovery Day on 26 March in Logan introduced mammal-watchers and market-goers alike to...
Celebrating our forests on International Day of Forests
21 March 2022 The United Nations declared 21 March the International Day of Forests in 2012 to raise awareness of forest habitats and encourage local, national and international efforts to protect and restore forests. Around 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity...
It’s Global Recycling Day
18 March 2022 In just the past 50 years, humans have consumed more resources than ever before. Recycling has been called the Earth’s ‘seventh resource’ (after water, air, oil, natural gas, coal and minerals) because it saves more than 700 million tonnes of CO2...
Survey results for gliders on the Scenic Rim
16 March 2022 Before the latest ‘big wet’ arrived, our glider guru, Paul Revie, Project Officer for the Queensland Glider Network, put his gaiters on and went out searching for greater gliders in the Scenic Rim. Happily, Paul did find a greater glider – of course, the...
A united front for platypus recovery
1o March 2022 Just before the recent flooding hit, late last month Lockyer Valley organisations and locals invited Tamielle Brunt from Wildlife Queensland’s PlatypusWatch Network to speak at a workshop about platypuses and environmental DNA (eDNA). Very little...
Breaking the ‘bird’ bias on International Women’s Day …
8 March 2022 Today is International Women’s Day and 2022’s theme is #breakthebias. This year, as a way to do that, we’ve decided to keep it light and ‘reclaim’ two words sometimes used to describe women in minimising ways – bird and chick. Here at Wildlife Queensland,...