Regent honeyeaters released onto Wonnarua Country
The regent honeyeater is a critically endangered bird with a population of fewer than 350 individuals across the species’ entire range, from Queensland to Victoria. However, these numbers are bolstered thanks to a captive breeding and release program involving the NSW Department of Planning and Environment's Saving our Species program in partnership with the Taronga Conservation Society Australia, Birdlife Australia and the Mindaribba Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) to help breed regent honeyeaters in captivity and release them into the wild.
Over the last two years, regent honeyeaters have been released in NSW into an endangered forest type on Wonnarua Country, land owned and managed by the Mindaribba Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Stoked on Skinks - meet Australia's rare alpine lizards
There are 4 special skinks that barely anyone sees, despite living in one of the most popular regions for hikers, skiers and mountain-bike riders. The Guthega skink, alpine-she oak skink, mountain skink and alpine bog skink are the ‘coldest of the cold-blooded’.
They’re some of Australia’s alpine skinks, found at high altitudes in Australia’s alpine regions and nowhere else on Earth. They play a crucial role in keeping the alpine ecosystems in balance but are extremely rare and facing extinction.