Fauna

March 2020 - An unknown virus is claiming a significant number of Macropods and the call out is on requesting Veterinarians and Wildlife Carers to be vigilant. in 2017 a broadcast to Veterinarians and Carers went seemingly unnoticed in the…

Five rabbits is all it took, to create a plague that continues to be battled over 160 years later. When colonists arrived, the desire to make their new home more like the old. Make use of what they had or…

When Simon Rietveld returned to his wifes native land in Madagasca, The 30 year interval was not kind to the native dry forest and most of it had been cleared. Knowing something must be done to halt and turn around…

in 2014 a well loved Zoo located in Qld Australia had to close after 45 years of operation to make way for a housing development. So what does one do with a Zoo full of animals? They could have been…

These uniquely Australian creatures that sit in trees and look cuddly.  When the first fleet landed in Australia there were many strange and wondrous sights to behold. The odd looking furry animal that grunted like a bear was one. The…

The science community in recent times has embarked on a mammoth task to "prove" the interconnected relationship of the planet we call home.  Tracking and recording relationships between microbes and the life we need. Some would say now we have…

From an early age, something about nature spoke to Mark when at the age of 14 on a trip to the Everglades in Florida and instilled a lifelong interest. Attaining runner-up in the international Wildlife Photographer of the year in…