The Thorny Devil is marred with a wicked common name, and its Latin species name Moloch horridus doesn’t seem much better. It’s actually a harmless, slow-moving ant-eater, and horridus means bristly, ...

Pogona comes from the Greek ‘pogon’, meaning beard and refers to a flap of skin below their jaws that they push forward and ‘puff up’ when threatened. There are several species of bearded dragon in ...

Reedy Creek Reserve, near the town of Agnes Water, protects a very rare thing – intact Queensland coastal and riparian forest that has, elsewhere, been dramatically cleared for development. The ...

Australia is famed for its colourful parrots, and the Golden-shouldered Parrot is no exception. The male’s plumage is turquoise and orange, with a black crown and bright yellow shoulder feathers. The ...

Bush Heritage Australia is a leading conservation not-for-profit protecting ecosystems and wildlife in landscapes across the continent. Bushtracks is our quarterly magazine and a recap of our impact.

Every year, land clearing encroaches further and further into Australia’s natural habitats. The large-scale destruction of native woodlands, forests, wetlands and grasslands is widely considered the ...

Across our reserves and partnership properties we're protecting more than 9,000 native species – including hundreds of threatened species. We focus work in our priority landscapes – areas selected on ...

Just 45 minutes south of Canberra, this unique reserve is home to some of Australia’s most threatened temperate ecosystems. Around 300 hectares of this property had been cleared for farming, so ...

Weighing in at a hefty 30g, Giant Burrowing Cockroaches are the heaviest cockroaches in the world and they can live up to 10 years! A member of the Blaberidae Family, they’re unrelated to the ...

Pygmy possums could melt the hardest of hearts. But they’re not just pretty faces: though they can’t glide, they use their prehensile (grasping) tails like fifth limbs to climb swiftly and can deftly ...

Yourka sits in the Einasleigh Uplands and Wet Tropics Bioregions and covers a range of geology, resulting in a variety of ecosystems The reserve includes tall wet eucalypt forests to open Iron Bark ...

Big Sky Country Season 3 is our most expansive yet. In six captivating new episodes, we build on the show with a new host and a grander scale. We’re taking you down the backroads of this diverse ...