Forest Flora – King Fern
#ForestFlora – The King Fern (Angiopteris evecta) is one of the largest and most ancient ferns in the world. It’s not to be confused with Todea barbara, a fern that is also called the [...]
2024 Annual Community Tree Planting Day
Rainforest Rescue’s 2024 Annual Community Tree Planting Day is scheduled for Saturday 18 May 2024 and you’re invited! 2024 also marks our 25th birthday, and we’re so excited to [...]
In The Express: Next Step to Cassowary Credits
Southern Cassowary. Image credit: Martin Stringer Next Step to Cassowary Credits In a significant milestone for biodiversity conservation, the Cassowary Credits Scheme, one of the [...]
First shoots of the Green Economy in Daintree
Dave Pinson (centre) of Daintree Life collects the first trays of rainforest plants from Rainforest Rescue’s native nursery in Cow Bay. Our CEO Branden, Chair Rachel, Nursery Hand Rob and [...]
Critter Corner – Boyd’s Forest Dragon
#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 [...]
Forest Flora – Chingia australis
#ForestFlora – Chingia, from the family Thelypteridaceae, is a small genus of about 20 species that are found throughout Melesia (south-east Asian mainland and archipelagos stretching to [...]
And the Winners are… 2023 Canopy Awards Winners Announced!
We’re excited to announce the winners of the 2023 Rainforest Rescue Canopy Awards, in the second year of the international rainforest photography competition. Australian photographer [...]
Our new Native Nursery nears completion
With two new properties rescued, it’s high time we checked-in with an update from Rainforest Rescue’s new Native Nursery at Cow Bay. Driving up to the Native Nursery gate, it’s apparent [...]
In The New York Times: Protecting Australia’s Most Charismatic Murder-Bird
Southern Cassowary, Moresby Range, Qld. Konrad Wothe/imageBROKER, via Shutterstock Protecting Australia’s Most Charismatic Murder-Bird Cassowaries play a critical role in the Australian [...]
June Community Tree Planting Day
An overcast, rainy day on June 17th did nothing to stop ten determined volunteers and five staff from showing up to our third community tree planting day for 2023 at our regeneration site [...]
