Heat wave relief
In Queensland's far west last week the mercury was pushing 50 degrees Celsius and birds and kangaroos were dying.
View ArticleMaranoa macropod harvesters
The Maranoa Kangaroo Harvesters and Growers Cooperative started out as a Landcare project and works with landholders and kangaroo harvesters to sustainably cull and sell off kangaroo meat.
View ArticleJessica Watson meets Jessica Bilby
Two rather famous individuals got together in Ispwich this week creating a positive story for the city after several months of heartache with the floods. Solo sailor Jessica Watson and former Olympic...
View ArticleRats and researchers respond
With good rain and flooding over two seasons, the landscape in western Queensland is really booming and blooming. The native long-haired rat (Rattus villoissimus) is one animal that's taking advantage...
View ArticleRain cancels the camel racing at Boulia
There was disappointment for all concerned as the Boulia Camel Races were cancelled on the weekend due to rain and a wet and slippery track. This was the first time in the event's 15 year history that...
View ArticleNative rats on the rampage
A plague of native rats (Rattus villoissimus) is continuing to cause havoc in the Channel Country, with the rodents invading camp sites, crawling over sleeping campers and chewing their way through...
View ArticleA heritage horse-drawn wagon trek
How peaceful do you think it would be, travelling along an old dirt track, through the bush, in a horse drawn wagon?
View ArticleFauna thrives in Qld's far west
A conservation group says record numbers of small mammals and reptiles have been found on two of its properties in far west Queensland.
View ArticleBatty in Jericho: A colony of flying foxes settles in
A colony of around 15,000 flying foxes has arrived in the central-west town of Jericho.
View ArticleJericho awaits permission for bat clean-up
A colony of up to 12-thousand flying foxes that was roosting in the main streets of Jericho have now moved out of the town centre.
View ArticleBats update, Jericho and Mount Isa
The Barcaldine Regional Council has been given six months to clear vegetation in Jericho to ensure flying foxes don't return to roost. While council and residents of Mount Isa are meeting with DERM...
View ArticleDoubt cast over bat cull plan
The Mount Isa Bat Committee says a plan to cull the population of bats which arrive annually in the city is not feasible.
View ArticleFormer ferals get knocked up at uni
Feral goats taken from the Queensland rangelends are assisting with a James Cook University study on animal reproduction.
View ArticleGrazier Angus Emmott on the natural wonders of Queensland's far west
Grazier, naturalist, photographer Angus Emmott has lived his whole life on Noonbah station in far south-western Queensland.
View ArticleWhat will a dog do for a tennis ball?
Youve seen them at the airport, youve seen them with the police on the telly and now there is a crack squad of sniffer dogs at Carnarvon Station Reserve in the Brigalow Belt region of Central...
View ArticleWhat will a dog do for a tennis ball?
Youve seen them at the airport, youve seen them with the police on the telly and now there is a crack squad of sniffer dogs at Carnarvon Station Reserve in the Brigalow Belt region of Central...
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