Posts tagged: Species

Close up of 2 baby spiny-tailed skinks, Wheatbelt, Southwest Australia Ecoregion © Mike Griffiths

A new home and world first micro-chipping for western spiny-tailed skinks

Campbell Jones, a farmer in the Wyalkatchem area, contacted me after he had seen an article in the Farmers Weekly about the work that the Healthy Bushland team (WWF, Wheatbelt NRM and Greening Australia WA), was doing to help a Bencubbin … Continue reading →

April 18, 2012
Posted by Phil Lewis

Female Carnaby's black cockatoo © Simon Cherriman

On a Wing and a Prayer

The Carnaby’s black cockatoo is in danger. One of Australia’s much loved and critically endangered birds, this beautiful cockatoo was once regarded as a pest, and so it had a bounty put on its head. In just over a decade … Continue reading →

March 13, 2012
Posted by WWF Australia

A message from Tim Winton – Save Our Marine Life

All across the blue planet, fisheries are rapidly reaching the end of the line. We humans are literally eating ourselves out of house and home. If this trend continues unchecked, our children and grandchildren will be condemned to live beside … Continue reading →

August 02, 2010
Posted by WWF Australia

Fire and Gouldian Finch – Part three: getting down to business

Tida Nou, part of WWF Australia’s species team, recently took part in a back-on-country trip with Helen Pitman, Nyaliga Traditional Owners and Wunggurr Rangers to Karunjie Station in the east Kimberley region. Here she tells us her story: In 2008, … Continue reading →