Fauna

You may have seen our recent #CritterCorner article about our beloved Southern Cassowaries and why they’re so important (if you missed it, you can read it here)… but have you heard [...]

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

Turns out, despite being called the Common Mistfrog (Litoria rheocola), these beauties are not so common anymore – they are classified as Endangered (EN) Decreasing on the IUCN Red List. [...]

[This article appeared in the 12 June 2021 edition of the Guardian and was created by Sean Davey. The original article is here.] ‘This is how it should be’: replanting the Daintree rainforest [...]

Check out this 2021 Tree Planting video preview by Martin Stringer. There’s quite an art to storytelling and Martin is definitely a story-teller. He did a fantastic job in capturing the [...]

Would you believe us if we told you that there are Kangaroo’s that climb trees in the Daintree Rainforest? Introducing the Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo and Bennett’s Tree Kangaroo, only found [...]

‘Ancient Rainforests in a Modern World’ is a presentation by Dr. Robert Kooyman—Scientific Advisor to Rainforest Rescue Rainforest Rescue’s Scientific Advisor and noted [...]

Rose-Crowned Fruit-Doves (Ptilinopus regina), also known as Pink Cap, Rose- or Red-crowned Fruit-Pigeon, are small, colourful rainforest birds, growing up to 24 cm in length. You can find these [...]

The Amethystine Python (Morelia amethistina), also known as the Scrub Python, is the largest native snake in Australia & PNG. When measured by length or weight, they are ranked #6 on the list [...]

Photo courtesy of Tim Graham Photography Did you know that the Musky Rat-Kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus) is the smallest kangaroo in existence, weighing in at only 620g? And it’s a true [...]