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Image © Dan Ashdown: Fawn antechinus (Antechinus bellus), peeking out of a natural tree hollow, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.

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A subscription to wildlife conservation!

Published by Wildlife Queensland, our quarterly, 48-page full-colour Wildlife Australia magazine features articles by experts, researchers and award-winning natural history authors and showcases the photography of some of Australia’s most talented photographers.

Inside each issue you’ll find:

Inspiring articles, written by leading experts in conservation
The latest breakthroughs and discoveries from our network of researchers
Stunning images from celebrated wildlife photographers
Insights into conservation projects straight from the field
Challenging debates on nature and conservation’s hottest topics
Spotlights on the threatened species and habitats we simply can’t afford to lose

Available in print and digital formats. All proceeds from Wildlife Australia support Wildlife Queensland’s crucial conservation projects.

Preview Wildlife Australia Summer 2024

A look inside: Wildlife Australia Summer 2024 edition

Last chance to see … biodiversity recover?

Three-and-a-half decades ago, Douglas Adams wrote the hilarious Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series of novels and radio plays. Then he realised his premise, that aliens were about to destroy planet Earth (to make way for a hyperspace bypass), had a not-so-funny parallel.

Humans were constantly destroying crucial habitat – for similar bypass roads – tipping animal and plant species towards extinction. Adams sounded the alarm. He wrote a book and a 1989 radio series called Last Chance to See, with zoologist Mark Carwardine, and they scoured the world to see just-about-extinct animals. Although the episodes were light-hearted, they left viewers with pangs of uneasiness.

Adams died suddenly of heart failure at age 49, but his broadcaster friend Stephen Fry joined Mark Carwardine to follow up with BBC Television’s documentary series of Last Chance to See in 2009.

Adams believed comedy and irony were effective methods of helping others comprehend a crisis. He realised our endangered species problem was no laughing matter: “For millions of years, on average, one species became extinct every century… We are now heaving more than a thousand different species of animals and plants off the planet every year.” Since Douglas Adams said that, flora and fauna extinctions have accelerated to ‘worse’ – much worse. Proof of that is in this edition of Wildlife Australia. Read the endangered species reports from the Biodiversity Council of Australia, the IUCN Red List, the Australian Conservation Foundation and, of course, Wildlife Queensland. However, the heartening thing today, compared with Douglas Adams’ time, is that so many more Australians are organised and mobilised to challenge those problems.

In Australia’s unique case, environmental science melding with First Nations’ habitat management techniques is both a revelation and a revolution. Take heed – and take heart. Or, as Douglas Adams would recommend: Don’t Panic.

Wildlife Australia is dedicated to ensuring we offer our advertisers unique advertising options that are relevant to our readership. This ensures Wildlife Australia is enjoyable for our customers and provides an effective marketing platform for our partners.

Why advertise with Wildlife Australia?

As a print and digital wildlife magazine with its own mobile app and web page, Wildlife Australia provides a unique opportunity for businesses to reach nature lovers and conservationists through a variety of channels.

We reach a national network of close to 10,000 environmentally aware people. This includes:

print and digital subscribers
university, school and library subscribers
social media and Wildlife Queensland member contacts.

Advertising rates

For more information about Wildlife Australia advertising rates and specs, please download our Media Tool Kit.

For further advertising enquiries, please email advertising@wildlife.org.au.

Want to write for Wildlife Australia? Well, you’re in good company. Many leading scientists and award-winning authors have contributed over the magazine’s almost six decades of quality natural history publishing.

Benefits of writing for Wildlife Australia

Promote your work to peers, conservationists, naturalists, citizen scientists and everyday enthusiasts from around the globe.
Hone your popular writing skills with the help of a friendly, professional editor.
Authors receive a PDF of the finished article and a complimentary print copy of the issue.

Articles

Most articles are written by experts or professionals and are provided pro bono, as the publisher is not-for-profit, but all nature lovers are invited to pitch an article by submitting a brief proposal to the editor.

Submission guidelines:

The editor will provide a clear brief and a 4–8 week schedule for the final draft copy.
Article submissions should be between 1,000 to 2,000 words in length. A short biography of the writer is requested. Preferred formatting is Microsoft Word or any text-only format.
Use a first-person narrative style for feature articles.
Use sensory storytelling (plenty of description of sights, sounds and smells) to engage readers and give them an idea of what it’s like out there in the field.
Articles should excite readers about science and wildlife, raise important conservation topics, and reassure subscribers that writers like you — and not-for-profits like us — are focused on protecting the continent’s biodiversity.

Copyright:

All authors retain shared copyright. This means you can later submit your article to other publications, whether online or in print, or upload it to your own website or online portfolio.

Wildlife Australia retains joint copyright of articles and sometimes shares content with conservation or advertising partners for free, purely for promotional purposes. Wildlife Australia does not receive any payment for content sharing and is committed to protecting the privacy and rights of its contributors.

Book reviews and excerpts

Please contact us about the possibility of including a book review or excerpt of your work.

Product reviews

If you have a product you would like positively reviewed, please pitch it to the editor at editor@wildlife.org.au.
We prefer eco-friendly products with a value of $15 or more, although we also review smaller/inexpensive items on occasion.

We remain grateful to all of our Wildlife Australia contributors for enabling us to continue making a difference.