New Phillip Island Park Ranger Game
Posted on 12/09/2018 by Phillip Island Nature Parks
Park Ranger? Protecting Phillip Island’s unique wildlife and managing the natural environment are all in a day’s work for a Nature Parks Ranger, and a new mobile game due to be released on Saturday 22 September gives kids the opportunity to roll up their sleeves and take on the role of a Ranger on Victoria’s wildlife island.
View MoreBuilding SealSpotter and working with Citizen Scientists
Posted on 05/07/2018 by
A new citizen-science initiative has just been launched in southern Australia. But don’t worry if you’re not local – volunteers can assist from anywhere in the world thanks to the online platform! Here to tell us more is Dr Rebecca McIntosh (with some help from Ross Holmberg) from Phillip Island Nature Parks.
View MoreHappy Citizen Science Day!
Posted on 13/04/2018 by Phillip Island Nature Parks
April 14 is a day to celebrate our Citizen Scientists - individuals like you and me who contribute to scientific research in a number of ways, including volunteering. Read a bit more here.
View MorePreparing for shearwater departure
Posted on 12/04/2018 by Phillip Island Nature Parks
The annual short-tailed shearwater migration is due to begin next week, and this year Phillip Island Nature Parks has joined forces with VicRoads to increase the chicks’ chances of successfully departing the island, and to increase the awareness of motorists to potentially hazardous driving conditions.
View MoreHuman impacts on movement of wildlife uncovered
Posted on 29/01/2018 by Phillip Island Nature Parks
Animals in the wild travel daily to search for food, find a mate or seek shelter, performing important biological functions within the ecosystem as they move. This could be severely compromised if their range of movement continues to decrease as a result of human activity according to a recent study led by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society and Goethe University Frankfurt, and co-authored by a Phillip Island Nature Parks’ researcher.
View MoreRecords tumble at the Penguin Parade
Posted on 19/01/2018 by Phillip Island Nature Parks
After what we all thought was a slow start to the breeding season, Phillip Island’s penguins have picked up the pace and have now built up a full head of steam.
View MoreHoodies making News
Posted on 05/01/2018 by Phillip Island Nature Parks
Efforts to protect the threatened Hooded Plover on Phillip Island's beaches have not gone unnoticed, with a great piece that appeared on Nine News Gippsland.
View MoreCommunity takes Hooded Plovers under their wing
Posted on 27/12/2017 by Phillip Island Nature Parks
The future of Phillip Island’s threatened Hooded Plovers is looking up, with a positive start to this year’s breeding season. Up until mid-December there have been 16 chicks recorded on our beaches out of a total of 19 nests, which is the second highest number of chicks ever recorded to this period.
View MoreEndangered Bandicoots call Phillip Island home
Posted on 23/10/2017 by Phillip Island Nature Parks
Sunset over Phillip Island on Friday brought so much more than the usual nightly arrival of the famous little penguins. It also heralded the release of a small population of the critically endangered Eastern Barred Bandicoot onto the Summerland Peninsula as part of continuing efforts to save this unique marsupial from extinction in the wild.
View MoreCommunity jumps aboard the Island Ark
Posted on 10/10/2017 by Phillip Island Nature Parks
Phillip Island community members recently joined a series of information sessions about how we can all play a role in bringing the critically endangered Eastern Barred Bandicoot back from the brink of extinction.
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