Fauna

How this ‘rainforest royal’ became a Daintree ambassador 👑   Two adult & two juvenile cassowaries frequenting Rainforest Rescue properties Captured on wildlife camera trap, [...]

Natural networks helping restore the Daintree   Some types of fungi are essential to plants for providing nutrient support Image credit © Martin Stringer   You may have come across the [...]

#CritterCorner – Imagine this… you’re a small insect living in a rainforest… what would you choose as your defence mechanism? How about glands behind your head that can [...]

Rainforest Connections 2024, held from 4–7 June 2024, was the first conference in over two decades dedicated to the restoration, rehabilitation, and management of Australia’s unique rainforest [...]

This article was originally published by United Nations on 05 June 2024. Click here to view the article on their website. Or, click here to watch the full video on YouTube featuring António [...]

The Cairns Birdwing Butterfly (Ornithoptera euphorion), also known as the Cairns Birdwing, is one of the largest butterflies in Australia, renowned for its impressive size and striking colours. [...]

Southern Cassowary. Image credit: Martin Stringer   Next Step to Cassowary Credits In a significant milestone for biodiversity conservation, the Cassowary Credits Scheme, one of the [...]

  If you’ve ever doubted how something insignificant can make a profound impact, read on…   On the face of it, four rolls of plain fencing wire doesn’t sound like a great deal. [...]

#CritterCorner – Did you know that dragons still exist in Australia? (Spoiler Alert: They’re not the flying, fire breathing type that we’ve all read about in stories… but [...]

  Southern Cassowary. Image credit: Martin Stringer   Could one bird really have an impact on everyone in tropical Far North Queensland? When you are almost 6 foot tall and (perhaps [...]