Did you know that we have over 200 different species of frogs in Australia! Many of these species are endemic, which means that they are not found anywhere else in the world. Habitat loss, climate change and pollution are large causes of declining frog populations around the world and frog populations in Australia are declining […]
Sydney University study discovers koala’s relying on trees for drinking water
Koala’s relying on trees for drinking water Story courtesy of the University of Sydney – https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/05/03/tree-trunks-take-a-licking-as-koalas-source-water.html 3 May 2020 Scientists and citizen scientists have observed and documented the natural drinking behaviour of wild koalas for the first time. The marsupial’s survival may depend on this new information. Female koala showing natural drinking behaviour after rain […]
Find a Frog!
Still Time to ‘FIND A FROG IN FEBRUARY’ Despite the lack of rain, the MRCCC have already received 2000 frog records of 21 species from across the catchment in the Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee (MRCCC) – Citizen Science – Annual Frog Survey ‘Find a Frog in February’. A final count combining the MRCCC record sheets, and data […]
