Topic: wildlife

Echidna breeding season has begun and residents are being advised what to do if one of the spiky creatures takes up post in the backyard.

Thabeban State School teachers were pleasantly surprised to rescue and reunite a baby possum with a resident mother possum on Thursday.

A mother kangaroo who was raised by Bucca wildlife carer Sara Witcher and her family has adopted them as one of her own.

Woodgate and Surrounds Wildlife Rescue has received a welcome gift after damaging fires to help raise injured and orphaned wildlife.

A clutch of 18 freshwater turtle hatchlings surprised Bundaberg Regional Council staff when they began emerging from a garden bed this week.

It’s not every day a puggle is rescued off the streets of Bundaberg by passionate animal lovers and taken on a 300km journey to safety but that's what happened on Wednesday.

A local wildlife carer says a flying-fox starvation event across South East Queensland is sending flocks of sick and dying creatures to her door.

It's not every day an emu watches Bundaberg snake catcher Kyle Hancock at work but that's what happened on Friday.

Warm weather has led to increased snake activity in residential areas across the Bundaberg Region.

Queensland Health has issued a bat warning as six Wide Bay people required treatment after being scratched or bitten in the past three weeks.