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Intensive control of foxes and feral cats in the Marna Banggara project area on southern Yorke Peninsula is increasing the survival rate of nationally-threatened hooded plover chicks.
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Giant lizards called heath goannas could save Australian sheep farmers millions of dollars a year by keeping blowfly numbers down - and must be prioritised in conservation schemes to boost native wildlife, say researchers. By University of Cambridge.
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A small marsupial reintroduced to South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula after being locally-extinct for more than 100 years is now thriving in its new home in Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park.
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When you scratch beneath the surface, malleefowl reveal themselves as fascinating birds that deserve our attention and protection. Get to know them a little better by reading these five malleefowl facts.
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Hardworking but often elusive, malleefowl are seen by few people.
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Cat owners across Yorke Peninsula are urged to keep their pets secured at home after a domestic cat wearing a collar and bell was photographed in Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park.
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Spring has sprung on southern Yorke Peninsula
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A lucky visitor to Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park captured photos of a young brush-tailed bettong (known as yalgi to Narungga).
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Seven commercial flights landed in Adelaide last week with some unusual passengers - a group of tiny, critically endangered marsupials.
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The latest monitoring check of brush-tailed bettongs has revealed population growth, with almost half of the 85 bettongs born on Yorke Peninsula
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Annual check-ins with the malleefowl mounds in the Marna Banggara project area helps to track the success of the rewilding project.
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The latest update from Cambridge PhD student Tom Jameson about heath goannas on Yorke Peninsula
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Have your say about the future of the Marna Banggara project and help shape the next five years.
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A group of tiny, endangered marsupials has completed an epic 2,000 kilometre journey from Western Australia to a new home on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.
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Cambridge PhD student Tom Jameson is researching the role that reptiles play in rewilding projects. He joined Marna Banggara to investigate how reptiles can contribute to the project's goals.
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This bettong definitely isn’t camera shy! Today is World Rewilding Day and we’re really digging the camera trap pics from Marna Banggara on southern Yorke Peninsula.
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A team of devoted volunteers came from far and wide to rescue an injured Hooded Plover at Rifle Butts Beach, Yorke Peninsula.
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WWF-Australia's Head of Healthy Land and Seascapes Darren Grover explains why Marna Banggara is breaking new ground in rewilding.
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The return of Brush-tailed Bettongs to southern Yorke Peninsula after more than a 100-year absence was a poignant moment for the Narungga people.
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In August 2021, 40 Brush-tailed Bettongs from an offshore SA island were translocated to southern Yorke Peninsula. Hear from the team that played an integral part in the animals' successful reintroduction.
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Brush-tailed bettongs once occupied more than 60% of mainland Australia and have been extinct on Yorke Peninsula for more than a century. Thanks to Marna Banggara, a rewilding project, 40 bettongs returned home in August 2021.
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Forty Brush-tailed Bettongs were released at Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park in a significant milestone for Marna Banggara. A pilot release, the tiny marsupials were translocated from nearby Wedge Island and released to their new home.
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Meet the woylie (also known as a brush-tailed bettong or brush-tailed rat kangaroo), a small marsupial endemic to Australia.
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These woylies will be the first locally extinct species to be reintroduced to the Yorke Peninsula 😊
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The Northern and Yorke Landscape Board’s plans to reintroduce Brush-tailed Bettongs to Yorke Peninsula this year are on track following positive news about the West Australian source population.
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Our landscape ecologist Dr Grace Hodder and a troop of trusty volunteers have had a busy time in the field during the past two months.
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Landscape Ecologist Grace Hodder is spending three weeks monitoring house mouse numbers on farmland on southern Yorke Peninsula.
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Hearing the elusive Western Whipbird is a treat in itself, but seeing one is like striking gold!
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Bush-bashing through thick scrub while hauling heavy field equipment and buckets full of soil is far from a walk in the park.
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Who said scientists weren’t style-conscious? Here they are setting the next fashion trend: a quadrat necklace. Surely it will catch on?!
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The Great Southern Ark, an innovative land management project on southern Yorke Peninsula has been renamed Marna Banggara to honour the district’s Traditional Custodians, the Narungga People.
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A dedicated team of volunteers on Yorke Peninsula has recorded the survival of 15 more hooded plover fledglings than last year, exceeding breeding season expectations for the shy and vulnerable shorebird that lays its eggs on the beach.
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Vet 2 You founder Dr Lyndall Short is urging cat owners to keep their furry felines indoors full-time to protect them from disease, injury and unwanted pregnancy, while also safe-guarding our native wildlife.
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A key milestone has been reached in the creation of a 140,000 hectare ‘Great Southern Ark’ that will protect native species and benefit local farming communities.
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Natural Resources Northern and Yorke staff are once again joining forces with landholders across Southern Yorke Peninsula to roll out the Baiting for Biodiversity fox control program.
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A research project on Southern Yorke Peninsula is investigating if barn owls could provide an alternative, or additional, method of controlling feral mice.
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The Northern and Yorke Natural Resource Management Board are currently scoping the potential of an innovative approach to land management on southern Yorke Peninsula.
