New project to put threatened SEQ gliders on the map

28 August 2020   Wildlife Queensland has launched a new Queensland Glider Network project aimed at understanding and documenting the distribution of yellow-bellied gliders in South East Queensland. The project will also document the distribution and occurrence of...
Glorious Gliders webinar

Glorious Gliders webinar

About the event Australia’s gliding possums are an amazing collection of species all renowned for being able to glide between trees with the aid of a membrane of skin linking the fore and hind legs. They range in size from the tiny feathertail glider, which can...
Guide to nature & wildlife activities for kids

Guide to nature & wildlife activities for kids

updated: 27 September 2020 Switch screen time for green time over the school holidays (and beyond) and plan how to connect kids to nature. Citizen science projects Keep the kids occupied while helping scientists! Here is a list of citizen science projects that you and...
WPSQ shines spotlight on gliders at Logan event

WPSQ shines spotlight on gliders at Logan event

9 March 2020   Wildlife Queensland’s Queensland Glider Network was excited to be a part of Logan City Council’s Conservations Incentives Program Celebration Day on Sunday, 1 March. Logan City Council’s conservations incentives programs work with property...

Nest box use by hollow-dependent fauna

18 December 2019 Author: Rachael Harris South-eastern Queensland is in the midst of a very hot and very dry period.  Data accessed on the Bureau of Meteorology website shows the total rainfall for Brisbane from January to November 2019 was only 438mm. The 2018 total...

Wildlife Queensland scores greater glider grant

16 October 2019   Wildlife Queensland’s Queensland Glider Network is proud to have been awarded funding under the Moreton Bay Regional Council community grants program to help protect greater gliders in the Moreton Bay Region. The $3,139 grant from Moreton...

Glider corridor project update ‒ July 2019

16 July 2019   Thanks to the generous donations from our members and supporters to Wildlife Queensland’s March 2019 Squirrel Glider Appeal, our glider corridor project is surging ahead. Wildlife Queensland and Wildlife Queensland Scenic Rim Branch have been busy...

#GLIDESURVIVETHRIVE success, thanks to you!

5 May 2019   Because of you, our generous members and supporters, our #GLIDESURVIVETHRIVE effort was a success! Thanks to you, we raised $5,000. We are extremely grateful for the support of all those who chose to give to this important appeal, which included...
Wildlife Queensland champions the conservation of squirrel gliders

Wildlife Queensland champions the conservation of squirrel gliders

28 February 2019 Queensland is in the enviable position of being home to all seven of Australia’s gliding possums – or gliders. These are an amazing collection of species all renowned for being able to glide between trees with the aid of a membrane of skin linking the...

Three thumbs up for Projects!

Good news has come in threes for our Projects Team lately. Here’s the lowdown on our latest thumbs-ups in the field… Not only was it exciting to see a greater glider finally take up residence in one of the nest boxes installed on Brisbane’s north side as part of...

Greater exposure for our ‘flying teddy bears’

US-based digital media brand for animal people, The Dodo, recently highlighted the work of our dedicated Queensland Glider Network (QGN) in saving the habitat of these little-known “flying teddy bears”. “This is such a magnificent animal that most of the...

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