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Uncle Eddie Smallwood ( Gudjuda Reference Group Aboriginal Corporation) on the beach at Brook Islands National Park= part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Explore the ancient stories of the Great Barrier Reef with the Gudjuda and Girringun Rangers

In Dyirbal language, ‘nguri’ is a word used to say that an action was done in order to redress a balance. In light of the recent mass coral bleaching event on...

22 March 2022

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) with a plastic bag, Moore Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The bag was removed by the photographer before the turtle had a chance to eat it.

In photos: Drowning in plastics

Plastics are deadly for marine wildlife. Vulnerable animals like turtles can get entangled in fishing nets, plastic straws, bags and more. See the impact of...

2 July 2021

WWF-Australia with the support of online furniture retailer, Koala and the University of Queensland are trialling methods to cool the sand temperatures of green turtle nests.

Behind the scenes of the turtle cooling project

WWF-Australia’s Marine Species Conservation Project Officer, Caitlin Smith takes us behind the scenes of the Turtle Cooling research project on Heron Island.

15 June 2021

Meet the green sea turtle, found with a plastic balloon in her stomach

Did you know that balloons are in the top three most harmful waste items to wildlife?

8 May 2020

A waddle of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) in the snow, Antarctica

Let’s slow things down

Feeling a bit overwhelmed? Take a few minutes to enjoy nature at its best with our favourite relaxing slow TV clips.

7 April 2020

Why businesses should invest in nature

We’re onto something cool with our partners at furniture manufacturer, Koala. Their support is helping mitigate the impacts of climate change on sea turtles.

10 October 2019

Keeping turtles cool

Melissa Staines reflects on her final weeks on Milman Island, home of the Turtle Cooling Project.

25 September 2019

The results are in, now what?

Marine Species Project Manager, Chris Hof, dives into the results of our turtle cooling project on Milman Island.

6 September 2019

Girringun and Gudjuga Rangers catching turtles at the Traditional Owners Turtle Training Camp in Bowen= Queensland

Celebrating 10 years with Gudjuda

10 years and over 1,200 turtles. We’re celebrating 10 years of our partnership with Gudjuda and the incredible work they’ve done to protect Sea Country.

3 September 2019