Wildlife Australia
Inspiring stronger ties to nature to empower conservation
since 1963
© Lucy Parker Paul
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.
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*Offer valid for Australian postcodes only and until 10 May 2023 or while stocks last.
Preview Wildlife Australia Autumn 2023
A look inside: Wildlife Australia Autumn 2023 edition
This is a very significant edition of Wildlife Australia magazine. It celebrates our 60th year of publication — every consecutive quarter, every year, uninterrupted — in print since 1963.
Wildlife Australia magazine started out as more than simply a good idea. It was a well-considered concept drawn from the real-world experiences of four people who were leaders in their fields: a poet, an artist, a zookeeper-scientist and a publisher.
Judith Wright, Kathleen MacArthur, David Fleay and Brian Clouston.
They were smart people. They all wanted to create a magazine to help amass and communicate knowledge about Australian wildlife and the very apparent — by the 1960s — threats to many species’ survival.
In common, the four founders each had a passion for Australian wildlife and its conservation. Uncommonly, perhaps, they used their differences of experience to help forge a broad-based, principled magazine. Clear principles were what set the magazine apart — it had a distinct purpose — to inform, educate and entertain readers interested in wildlife and conservation.
Wildlife conservation is a national and collaborative endeavour. Those who guided Wildlife Australia magazine through 60 years were not only aware of this, they were alert to it. What began as a Queensland magazine soon lifted its gaze nationally and then even further afield.
From day one, Wildlife Australia magazine has followed and translated science relating to wildlife conservation. Some of it has been cutting-edge and appeared in Wildlife Australia well before it made the mass media. This is why scientific names are included throughout the articles, as a reminder that the content of Wildlife Australia is all backed up by scientific fact.
We hope this retrospective of our magazine’s first edition is a powerful reminder of what is vitally important for wildlife conservation success: knowledge, followed by well-considered action.
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.
Previous editions
Wildlife Australia Summer 2022
Wildlife Australia Spring 2022
Wildlife Australia Winter 2022
Wildlife Australia Autumn 2022
Wildlife Australia Summer 2021
Wildlife Australia Spring 2021
Wildlife Australia Winter 2021
