The Australian Lungfish – a story of our vanishing grandparents
Friday, 16 July 2021
Australian Lungfish ‘Neoceratodus forsteri’ Did you know that there is a remarkable fish that is still found in a small number of Queensland’s southern rivers, and it has recently been the centre of much attention… River fish have always been, and still are, an important food source for Australians. From tens of thousands of years
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The Carronia you will want to get!
Monday, 12 July 2021
There is a plant out there hidden amongst South East Queensland’s 4,000 plus species of native flora that you may not have heard of. It’s called Carronia (not Carona!) multisepalea, or the Carronia Vine. This unusual plant is a rainforest specialist growing in primary rainforest and sometimes on disturbed rainforest edges. While it’s indistinct little
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Australian Government’s Threatened Species Strategy
Monday, 12 July 2021
Biodiversity Preservation Takes a Step in the Right Direction with the Australian Government’s Threatened Species Strategy Australia is home to a mega diversity of flora and fauna! Unfortunately, these same native species face one of the highest extinction rates in the whole world, and the horrifying Black Summer bushfires of 2019-2020 have exacerbated the
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Melaleuca Irbyana Tree Planting Day
Wednesday, 04 November 2020
On the 14th of September 2020, Natura Pacific facilitated a tree planting day in the Logan Council Area, to aid in the recovery of one of the most threatened plant species in Logan, Melaleuca irbyana or the Weeping Paperbark. The current distribution of this species is limited to only around 1,000 hectares in the Logan
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Cascade Tree-frog – Back from the Brink
Friday, 13 December 2019
Cascade Tree-frog (Litoria pearsoniana) Frogs are among the most sensitive animals to environmental change. Known as bio-indicators, these canaries in the coal mine as it were, have suffered from the impacts of city and farming expansion in South East Queensland. With the removal of vegetation along the previously crystal clear waters of our lowland streams,
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Powerful Owl – Back from the Brink
Friday, 14 December 2018
Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua) A sharp beak that can pierce the thickest of skin, talons capable of ripping flesh from the bone and a pair of eyes as strong as night-vision goggles. These abilities surely provide any bird of prey with an advantage to thrive in the forests of South East Queensland. But while these
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AAEE Feature Back from the Brink!
Wednesday, 07 November 2018
AAEE have shared our ‘Back from the Brink’ project in their latest ozEEnews… We were very proud to have an article about our video series ‘Back from the Brink’ published in the September issue of ‘ozEEnews’, the newsletter of the Australian Association for Environmental Education Inc. To find out more about this inspiring organisation take
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Threatened plants are heading back into the wild
Thursday, 10 May 2018
We are really excited this week at Natura as we move ahead to plant 225 young trees in the regenerating bushland at a new development in Upper Coomera! These little beauties are not just any old trees, but are 2 threatened tree species that are sadly now very rare in the wild – and there
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VIDEO: Back from the Brink – Part 7: The Coxen’s Fig-parrot
Friday, 20 April 2018
As a follow on from our recent blog story on this rare and elusive bird, take a look at this short video with Dr Rochelle Steven who tells us a bit about the Coxen’s Fig-parrot. More importantly, find out what you can do to help secure the future for this tiny but spectacular Australian bird. If
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Red and Yellow Mountain Frog – Back from the Brink
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Imagine you’re a tiny frog, adorned in bright gold and red. Only a handful of people know you exist amongst the cloud forest mountain tops of South East Queensland. You’re well adapted to your home there but climate change is causing your safe mountain top to become ever drier and warmer, and clearing of land
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