Fauna

#CritterCorner – Given that 26 September was World Cassowary Day, we wanted to shine the spotlight on our beloved Rainforest Gardener – the Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius [...]

#CritterCorner – Turns out, despite being called the Common Mistfrog (Litoria rheocola), these beauties are not so common anymore – they are classified as Endangered (EN) Decreasing [...]

[This article appeared in the 12 June 2021 edition of the Guardian and was created by Sean Davey. The original article is here.] ‘This is how it should be’: replanting the Daintree rainforest [...]

Check out this 2021 Tree Planting video preview by Martin Stringer. There’s quite an art to storytelling and Martin is definitely a story-teller. He did a fantastic job in capturing the [...]

#CritterCorner – Would you believe us if we told you that there are Kangaroo’s that climb trees in the Daintree Rainforest? Introducing the Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo and Bennett’s Tree [...]

‘Ancient Rainforests in a Modern World’ is a presentation by Dr. Robert Kooyman—Scientific Advisor to Rainforest Rescue Rainforest Rescue’s Scientific Advisor and noted [...]

#CritterCorner – Rose-crowned fruit-doves (Ptilinopus regina), also known as Pink Cap, Rose- or Red-crowned fruit-pigeon, are small, colourful rainforest birds, growing up to 24 cm in [...]

#CritterCorner – Ranked #6 on the list of largest snakes in the world, the Amethystine Python (Australian form), also known as the Australian Scrub Python (Simalia kinghorni) is the largest [...]

#CritterCorner – Did you know that the Musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus) is the smallest kangaroo in existence, weighing in at only 620g? And it’s a true blue kangaroo! If [...]

#CritterCorner – You may have heard of Hercules… but what about Hercules Moths (Coscinocera hercules)? Despite being the largest moth in the world… Hercules Moths don’t [...]