In late March Wildlife Unlimited set up a temporary field laboratory to survey waterbugs (or aquatic macroinvertebrates) in Dolphin Lagoon and Tambo Bluff Lagoon on behalf of the fantastic Tambo Bluff Landcare group.
Aquatic macroinvertebrates are a great indicator of water quality. Run-off from surrounding areas, bank erosion, and temperature are examples of factors that influence water quality and the kinds of macro-invertebrates able to live in a waterway.
We’ve been nervously waiting to find out how the five captive-bred Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies (BTRW) have fared after their release into the wild in July 2025. Remote camera monitoring results are in, and we've seen all five wallabies on camera since their release!
The Mallee Looper is a caterpillar belonging to a moth in the Arhodia species complex. These caterpillars are eating their way through thousands of hectares of Mallee Eucalypts.
With only two colonies of Critically Endangered Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies left in the wild, the Wildlife Unlimited team are playing a big part in their survival.
Meanwhile, in the Mallee … Wildlife Unlimited ecologist, Fiona Murdoch is anxiously awaiting the emergence of the Mallee Bronze Azure butterflies.
After travelling six hours to reach the upper Snowy River region of East Gippsland, Wildlife Unlimited field ecologists found what they were looking for - evidence of a Spot-tailed Quolls.
Wildlife Unlimited field ecologists are jumping for joy this year after detecting 13 Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby (BTRW) joeys during the autumn camera survey at Little River Gorge in the Snowy River National Park.
Wildlife Unlimited field ecologists have been working with Parks Victoria to test Cuddelink cameras to monitor the recovery of the southern Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby.
Next generation conservationists are getting involved in efforts to save the nationally threatened Glossy Black-cockatoo in Gippsland by participating in the Helping Hands for Sheoak project.
A multi-partnership recovery program to protect two nationally endangered species - the Spot-tailed Quoll and the Southern Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby - is underway in East Gippsland, with promising sightings.
Landholders, community members, students and educators are invited to learn more about fox activity in East Gippsland by attending Wildlife Unlimited workshops in June 2025.
Supported by the Natural Resource Conservation Trust, Biodiversity Legacy and Rendere Environmental Trust, Wildlife Unlimited’s Helping Hands for the Sheoak project is revegetating stands of Sheoaks on private land for Glossy Black-cockatoos.
Wildlife Unlimited partnered with Parks Victoria to search for the elusive southern Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby in the Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park after the bushfires of 2024/25.
Wildlife Unlimited presented at a recent workshop for the Spot-tailed Quoll. Our work is part of research and conservation activities for the Quoll underway across its eastern Australian range.
Spot-tailed Quoll and Southern Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies are returning to the wild thanks to a strengthened partnership between Odonata Foundation, Wildlife Unlimited and Biodiversity Legacy.
Members of the Wildlife Unlimited are working alongside the Crocodile Islands Rangers in Arnhem Land to develop a ranger-led biodiversity monitoring program.
In early 2024 the Wildlife Unlimited team headed to northwest Victoria to assess the health of the endangered Mallee Bronze Azure butterfly.
