Critter Corner

#CritterCorner – Imagine standing at the edge of a still, muddy river. The surface is calm, almost mirror-like… until you notice two eyes and a set of nostrils just breaking the waterline. [...]

#CritterCorner – Deep within the rainforests of north-eastern Queensland lives one of Australia’s most striking bats: the Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros diadema reginae). This remarkable bat [...]

#CritterCorner – The Little Waterfall Frog (Ranoida lorica) is a tiny, remarkable and critically endangered amphibian that has fascinated scientists and conservationists alike. Also known [...]

#CritterCorner – Meet the Spotted-tailed quoll – A Rare Marvel of the Daintree Rainforest. Deep in the rainforests of Queensland roams an elusive predator: the northern spotted-tailed [...]

#CritterCorner – Imagine this… you’re a small insect living in a rainforest… what would you choose as your defence mechanism? How about glands behind your head that can [...]

#CritterCorner – Did you know that dragons still exist in Australia? (Spoiler Alert: They’re not the flying, fire breathing type that we’ve all read about in stories… but [...]

#CritterCorner – Macleay’s honeyeater (Xanthotis macleayanus) is a honeyeater endemic to Australia. If you’re in Northern Queensland, from Cooktown to the southern end of the [...]

#CritterCorner – High in the canopy, where the air is thick with moisture and the forest hums through the night, a soft shape clings quietly to a leaf. At first glance, it seems simple, [...]

#CritterCorner – The Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) are spectacular birds with a long slim curved bill and a long tail with distinctive tail-streamers. They are also spectacular hunters [...]

#CritterCorner – Given that 26 September was World Cassowary Day, we wanted to shine the spotlight on our beloved Rainforest Gardener – the Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius [...]