Fauna

#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 [...]

#CritterCorner – The Lemuroid Ringtail Possums (Hemibelideus lemuroides)  lives in the Wet Tropics regions of far north Queensland. If you’re in the area, look high up in the trees [...]

#CritterCorner – Introducing the Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azureus), one of the smallest and most dazzling kingfishers in Australia and just one of many types of Kingfishers found in the [...]

#CritterCorner – One of the favourite creatures of Far North Queensland, the Spectacled Flying Fox is an essential part of the rainforest’s web of life. The greatest threats to these [...]

Meet Flynn Hawkey! Flynn is a year 11 student at Trinity College South Australia who has a keen interest in the cassowary and it’s natural habitat. One of Rainforest Rescue’s four key [...]

Putting Nature Back is Working in the Lower Daintree as cassowary habitat extends. All of us at Rainforest Rescue this past week were thrilled when Joe Reichl, our Daintree Land Manager, got word [...]

Reproduced with permission from Wet Tropics Management Authority (WTMA) Australia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. Recognised as one of seventeen ‘megadiverse’ nations, [...]

It has now been four months since three cassowary chicks came into our care at the Cassowary Rehabilitation Centre. The chicks are rapidly growing and now eat around the equivalent of a [...]

Rainforest Rescue is caring for three orphan cassowary chicks at Garners Beach Cassowary Rehabilitation Recovery Centre. This facility is managed under a partnership with the Qld Department of [...]