Australian Wildlife News and Guide
There is a lot more to Australia than The Great Barrier Reef, sharks and desert. Here are a few articles about wildlife watching in Australia.
- Wildlife watching guide to South Australia
- Kangaroo Island, Australia's richest wildlife spot.
- Wildlife experiences and operators in South Australia
- Whale and dolphin watching in Australia
- Whale watching the Southern right whales in South Australia
- Koalas - Facts about diet, habitat, life cycle, threats and conservation.
- Australian wildlife photography.
Australian wildlife and birds - Region by region
Recent Australia Wildlife news
More Australia Wildlife news
White Humpback whale calf off QueenslandA white Humpback whale calf, probably just a few weeks old, was spotted and photographed in the Whitsunday Islands off Australia's Queensland Coast. The calf was probably born in northern Great Barrier Reef waters and is just a couple of weeks old.
The world's most threatened and healthiest sea turtle populations revealedThe report revealed the 12 healthiest sea turtle populations in the world, which are large and currently facing relatively low threats. Five species, such as the hawksbill turtle and the green turtle have populations among these dozen thriving habitats which include nesting sites and feeding areas in Australia, Mexico and Brazil. Other areas that harbour healthy turtle populations include the Southwest Indian Ocean, Micronesia and French Polynesia.
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Albino Humpback spotted off QueenslandMigaloo -A Humpback whale that is bigger than a truck and iridescent white - has returned to Queensland's waters. He has joined a record number of Humpbacks making their annual migration to the warm Reef water from Antarctica.
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Lake Eyre floods for the third year in a row.For the third year in a row, floodwaters are filling the once dormant Lake Eyre in South Australia, on an even bigger scale than in 2009 and 2010.
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Extinct Tasmanian tiger caught on video?Murray Mcallister has been running expeditions to search for live Tasmanian Tigers since 1998. he also records sightings from around Australia. Murray now claims to have shot a video of a Thylacine, and has released a short clip on Youtube.
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Whale watching industry should pay whalers to stop whalingConservationists would save more whales from the harpoon if the whale-watching public and industry were willing to pay a levy that could be used to persuade those countries currently engaged in whaling to stop.
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Lake Eyre floods for the second year in a row.Following last year's spectacular sight as floodwaters filled the once dormant Lake Eyre in South Australia, the remarkable natural phenomenon is occurring for a second consecutive year, on an even bigger scale.
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Chinese bulk carrier runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef – Oil leakingA Chinese-registered coal carrier ran aground 38 nautical miles east of Great Keppel Island on the 3rd April. The vessel was in a restricted zone of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, approximately 13 nautical miles off its set course and well outside the authorised shipping corridor.
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Extinct Australian frog found alive after 30 yearsAn Australian species of frog that was believed to have gone extinct 30 years ago has been discovered in the Southern Tablelands on New South Wales. The Yellow-spotted Bell Frog (Litoria castanea) was once abundant until a population crash in the 70s saw them disappear.
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One Humpback whale caught every 10 days in Queensland beach netsAnother Humpback Whale has been caught in a shark net off Australia's Queensland Coast, this is the 5th Humpback snared since September 2009.
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Albino Humpback spotted off QueenslandNot seen since 2009, Migaloo - bigger than a truck and iridescent white - has been spotted off Queensland's Fraser Island.
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50 Sperm whales die after stranding in TasmaniaThe Sperm whales, which were mostly mothers and calves, stranded on Perkins Island, a remote island off Tasmania's north-west corner.
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274 new marine species discovered off South TasmaniaHundreds of new marine species and dozens of previously unknown undersea mountains south of Tasmania have been discovered.
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Adelaide dolphins learn to ‘Tailwalk’A wild dolphin in Adelaide has been teaching other wild dolphins the art of ‘tailwalking', a behaviour which is extremely rare in the wild.
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Experiences of a wildlife tour guide.
The trials, tribulations and rewards of being a wildlife guide.
Craig Wickham writes about his 25 years as a wildlife guide on Australia's Kangaroo Island.
Australian Wildlife
Australian Wildlife - Bradt
Australia must rank alongside Madagascar for the quantity of endemic and weird species. It is a vast country with huge variations; best known for its deserts and Great Barrier Reef, it also has tropical rainforests, several ranges of snowy mountains, wetlands, swamps, mangroves and great marine ecosystems.Read full review »
Southern right whales of South Australia.
This is one of the best viewing areas in the world with up to 70 whales, including calves, congregating in the seas adjacent to the Bunda cliffs.
