Nature
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Tick season has real bite to it
PARALYSIS ticks are thriving on the back of wet weather and hot temperatures, with a surge in tick numbers being reported across the region. RSPCA…
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Bird in the bush worth two at vets
WILDLIFE carers are urging Good Samaritans not to take healthy baby birds from their natural habitats during the rearing season. An RSPCA spokeswoman said the…
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Another pest invades Nature Centre
THE Queen’s Park Nature Centre is proving a popular destination for the most unwelcome visitors of late. First the council had to close the park…
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Busy Bee-eaters burst into Spring
SPRING has sprung and all is a flurry of activity as our wildlife gets into full swing for a time of parenthood. Here, we have…
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Native garden utopia opens to the public
CREATED to be both hugely productive, but also as a haven for native wildlife like our beautiful bees, Becca and Trent Chandler’s Basin Pocket garden…
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Bushfire plan updated with temperatures to soar
QUEENSLAND is bracing for one of its worst bushfire seasons, with the city council and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services ramping up efforts to prepare.…
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Injured koalas turned away by RSPCA
THE RSPCA’s Wacol facility has had to shut its doors on injured koalas as the organisation struggles to cope with an influx in injured wildlife…
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Platypus-killing yabby nets at creek
A COUPLE made a sharp exit after being spotted retrieving their deadly opera house net from Woogaroo Creek, recently. A local wildlife rescuer spied the…
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DNA tests show platypus have not returned
FEARS the platypus had disappeared from Ipswich waterways reported in the Ipswich Tribune in August have been confirmed. The results of follow up monitoring conducted…
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Have your say on flying fox management
IPSWICH residents can have their say on the handling of flying fox colonies as the council updates its roost management plan. Ipswich City Council’s current…
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