Fauna

#CritterCorner – Ranked #6 on the list of largest snakes in the world, the Amethystine Python (Australian form), also known as the Australian Scrub Python (Simalia kinghorni) is the largest [...]

#CritterCorner – 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 blue kangaroo! If [...]

#CritterCorner – You may have heard of Hercules… but what about Hercules Moths (Coscinocera hercules)? Despite being the largest moth in the world… Hercules Moths don’t [...]

#CritterCorner – The Lemuroid Ringtail Possums (Hemibelideus lemuroides)  lives in the Wet Tropics regions of far north Queensland. If you’re in the area, look high up in the trees [...]

#CritterCorner – Introducing the Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azureus), one of the smallest and most dazzling kingfishers in Australia and just one of many types of Kingfishers found in the [...]

#CritterCorner – One of the favourite creatures of Far North Queensland, the Spectacled Flying Fox is an essential part of the rainforest’s web of life. The greatest threats to these [...]

Meet Flynn Hawkey! Flynn is a year 11 student at Trinity College South Australia who has a keen interest in the cassowary and it’s natural habitat. One of Rainforest Rescue’s four key [...]

Juvenile Southern Cassowary spotted at NightWings. Credit: Joe Reichl. Breaking News: Southern Cassowary Spotted South of the Daintree River! We’ve had a thrilling breakthrough in our restoration [...]

A recent study examined the internal anatomy of a cassowary casque in an attempt to better understand its evolution and ecological function.The Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) is one of [...]

Reproduced with permission from Wet Tropics Management Authority (WTMA) Australia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. Recognised as one of seventeen ‘megadiverse’ nations, [...]