World Wildlife Conservation Day 2022
World Wildlife Conservation Day is annually observed for the following purposes: to raise awareness about the species that are endangered or under threat of extinction to promote the protection of the decreasing numbers of wildlife species across the globe. The first...
NaturallyGC Wildlife Fest
Reserve your spot here Come and celebrate the diversity of our Gold Coast fauna at the NaturallyGC Wildlife Festival. This family-friendly free event will host a number of displays and interactive activities for all ages: – Children’s face painting....
FREE expo on the Scenic Rim
Book tickets on Eventbrite here Come along and celebrate Wildlife Queensland’s 60th birthday with the Scenic Rim Branch’s FREE expo. Meet some local species with a Geckoes Wildlife Presentation (11 am and 2 pm), and learn about the biodiversity of the...
A win for Sunshine Coast fauna
18 May 2022 Sunshine Coast wildlife is the winner in the recent announcement that Yurol Ringtail State Forest will be revegetated and become part of Tewantin National Park. On Tuesday, Environment Minister Scanlon announced that over 2400 ha of former state...
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...
Showing wildlife a little love this Valentine’s Day
14 February 2022 Moreton Bay Region Council chucked out the Valentine’s chocolates to show wildlife love with a seasonal safety trial. Wildlife’s Queensland Projects Manager Matt Cecil was on site (along with some furry friends from Geckoes Wildlife...
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...
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...
Queensland missing out on new national parks due to chronic underfunding
25 February 2020 Five Queensland conservation groups have identified 175 properties with very high biodiversity value that could have been bought and protected since 2015, but were not, because the Queensland government has not budgeted for new national park...