PlatypusWatch Walk & Talk Mackay

PlatypusWatch Walk & Talk Mackay

Reserve your spot Wildlife Queensland invites you to join ecologist Tamielle Brunt for a free walk and talk to learn about the iconic platypus. Mackay locals are lucky to have platypuses right on their doorstep! They are an iconic Aussie with many quirky features....
Platypus Christmas appeal wrap-up

Platypus Christmas appeal wrap-up

17 January 2023 A BIG thank you to our members and supporters for helping to protect and conserve the iconic platypus this festive season. More than 118 generous people donated to our Platypus Christmas Appeal, and we are beyond excited to announce that the total...
Australia without the platypus – what a damning thought!

Australia without the platypus – what a damning thought!

© Slowmotiongli from Getty Images. 15 November 2022 Wildlife Queensland has launched its annual Christmas appeal focused on a species that is arguably among the most bizarre in the world — the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). Considered a hoax when a specimen...
PlatypusWatch Workshop, Mount Barney

PlatypusWatch Workshop, Mount Barney

Book tickets on Eventbrite here Join PlatypusWatch and Wildlife Queensland as they launch an environmental DNA project throughout bushfire-affected waterways in the Mount Barney region of the Scenic Rim. This fantastic FREE community talk and workshop will help you...
PlatypusWatch Community Workshop in the Scenic Rim

PlatypusWatch Community Workshop in the Scenic Rim

1 November 2021 Join PlatypusWatch and Wildlife Queensland as they launch an environmental DNA project throughout bushfire-affected waterways in the Scenic Rim. This fantastic FREE community talk and workshop will help you discover more about Australia’s iconic...
Government Ensures a Good News Week for the Platypus

Government Ensures a Good News Week for the Platypus

  23 September 2021   Wildlife Queensland’s PlatypusWatch Program goes from strength to strength with the collaboration and assistance of government at federal, state and local levels. Wildlife Queensland is proud to announce that the PlatypusWatch program...
Meet Pollyanna the Platypus

Meet Pollyanna the Platypus

Pollyanna the platypus is a part of important population research being conducted by Tamielle Brunt, PhD Candidate from the University of Queensland and PlatypusWatch ecologist for Wildlife Queensland. This research aims to determine how platypus populations are...
Call for citizen scientists: PlatypusWatch in the Dawson River

Call for citizen scientists: PlatypusWatch in the Dawson River

Wildlife Queensland’s Upper Dawson Branch and the PlatypusWatch Network are finalising plans to undertake an important platypus project in the Upper Dawson River during May 2021. The ‘PlatypusWatch and eDNA in the Dawson River’ project, proudly supported by the...
Wildlife Queensland Launches Fifth year of Platypus eDNA Surveys

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...

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