Life Finds a Way: Endangered Species Day 2020
A tour of blackened Kangaroo Island - the scene of catastrophic bushfires - before the COVID-19 lockdown, revealed a glimmer of hope.
14 May 2020
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Caring for wildlife during COVID-19
Despite the COVID-19 health crisis, Wildcare is still out in-the-field doing important bushfire recovery work.
27 April 2020
Update on Frankie the Koala
Frankie the koala was found injured after the Mallacoota bushfires in Victoria, Australia. Thanks to WWF supporters he received treatment by specialist vets...
23 April 2020
Caring for our wildlife after a bushfire
Meet Clover, a western grey kangaroo WWF-Australia supporters are helping to nurse back to health after bushfires. Carol has been nursing young Clover for...
26 March 2020
The importance of flying foxes
Before the bushfires started in the Adelaide Hills, an extreme heat-stress event caused thousands of flying foxes to drop dead from the trees. Dr Anne Fowler...
19 March 2020
Visiting bushfire ground zero
On 5 February Abi Sexton, WWF-Australia Oceans & Wildlife Engagement Manager, travelled down the South Coast of New South Wales to meet some of the local vets...
18 March 2020
Helicopter food drops provide relief for starving wildlife
WWF-Australia has teamed up to provide emergency food relief from a helicopter for threatened species like the brush-tailed rock-wallaby.
18 March 2020
‘No me, no tree’ - Hope takes flight
Flying foxes, also known as fruit bats, are modest creatures that are remarkable forest gardeners. They disperse seed and pollinate trees, playing a vital role...
17 March 2020
Hope for the glossy black cockatoo
Amidst the devastation comes a story of hope, as early surveys have revealed sightings of endangered glossy black cockatoos in burnt-out habitat in Kangaroo...
10 March 2020
All creatures, feathered and scaled
In Western Australia, wildlife rescue organisations like Native Animal Rescue have joined forces to help fire victims large and small, cute and not so cuddly -...
10 March 2020
Annie's second chance
Annie the koala has had a rough start to the year. Thankfully she survived the ferocious fires that roared through Mallacoota on New Year's Eve, and then was...
10 March 2020
The vet clinic on the edge of Armageddon
Batemans Bay veterinarian Dr Kate Toyer has witnessed Australia's frightening, catastrophic bushfires first-hand.
3 March 2020