Our favourite spiny monotremes are constantly disturbing and moving soil around as they search for their next meal of tasty ants. After fire, this activity is hugely beneficial to soil health and seed ...

Pygmy Possums quickly took up residence in the nest boxes we erected in restored habitat at our Monjebup North reserve in southwest WA. What we didn't expect were the large colonies of social spiders ...

First purchased in 1995, Brogo was one of Bush Heritage’s earliest mainland acquisitions. At 120 hectares, it is a small but significant reserve, protecting what is likely the largest remaining patch ...

In ‘ Nature’s clock ’, we learn about lesser-known Tasmanian species and of two native nursery owners who are striving to repopulate the plants before they're wiped out. The story reminds me that we ...

At first sight, the dry landscape of the Tasmanian Midlands seems an unlikely contender for the title of ‘National Biodiversity Hotspot’. There are only 15 of these hotspots in Australia; areas with ...

Consider this: Feral cats roam across 99.8% of Australia, yet for most of us, the only cats we ever come into contact with are family pets. How is that possible? The answer is simple. Feral cats are ...

This brings me to an incredible memory forged while visiting the reserve around 10 years ago. The organisation had been humming along for some years, yet we didn’t have a succinct vision that ...

In late July, I was lucky enough to travel to Karajarri country in the south-west Kimberley region of Western Australia where our newest Aboriginal partnership is based. At over 3 million hectares, it ...

The idea is that Yellow Box and Grey Box growing in warmer and drier regions have already evolved to be more resilient to such conditions. Collecting their seeds and planting the propagated tubestock ...

In 1993, my husband, Peter, and I purchased an old dairy farm in South Australia’s Hindmarsh Valley, Ngarrindjeri Country. We wanted an escape from the city of Adelaide and for our kids to experience ...

Tammar Wallabies are widely studied due to their unique reproductive abilities and gestation. They’re polygynous breeders; in other words, a female can mate with several males, holding a joey in her ...

Pygmy Possums rely on protection from shrubbery throughout the year and in winter nest in hollows on lower branches of trees that are disguised with shrubs and foliage. Thus the Pygmy Possum boxes ...