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Hidden Vale Wildlife Centre

Locality: Grandchester, Queensland

Address: 617 Grandchester Mount Mort Rd 4340 Grandchester, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.hiddenvalewildlife.uq.edu.au

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25.01.2022 How well do you know your gliders? Is this: A: Squirrel glider B: Mahogany glider C: Sugar glider D: Greater glider... Let us know in the comments what species you think this is! Even better, can you tell us the name of the specific glider?

24.01.2022 #WildlifeWednesday Meet Ringo! He is one of our latest additions to the Wildlife Centre, and is the sweetest little ringtail possum

23.01.2022 Friend the Shingleback says Good morning! Have a good day

22.01.2022 Grumbles says 'Good morning!'

22.01.2022 Can you spot the dragon? Let us know in the comments where you think Draco the Angle-headed dragon is hiding...lets see who gets it right!

22.01.2022 This months naughty and nice awards go to Ruth and Ringo!

22.01.2022 #TeamTuesday Name: Felicity Role: Im a Honours student at the Hidden Vale Wildlife Centre. ... Background: I did a Bachelor of Science majoring in Biology and minoring in Ecology and Genetics. Research project: Im looking at whether Australian wildlife utilise under road drainage pipes to cross roads, to determine the road characteristics that influence this behaviour. Favourite Australian animal: Sugar Glider

21.01.2022 Seriously cannot get enough of this little mealworm gremlin Regular health checks are an important part of the care of wildlife in captivity. It gives us a chance to make sure each animal is in tip top condition, but also gives us an opportunity to get great snaps of greedy little gliders! Leaf is one of our resident Mahogany gliders, and if there's mealworms around, so is she!

21.01.2022 We have some naughty and nice awards here at the Wildlife Centre...check out this months recipients!

21.01.2022 Congratulations Dr Meg Edwards on finishing your PhD and contributing to the world of wildlife conservation! You have had a rough ride but came out the other side stronger than ever. You perseverance and hard work has paid off AND NOW YOU HAVE A DOCTORATE!!!!!! Congrats Dr Meg! Predator avoidance training of Australian marsupials with the use of microchip automated devices

20.01.2022 Sweet little Pip saying hello

19.01.2022 How cute is Ringo searching for the best leaf to eat!

18.01.2022 Ringo being cute during his health check on Tuesday. Ringo was quite shy when he came to us, but now he's happy to have his health check provided he is rewarded with some yummy leaves at the end.

18.01.2022 Arent our little dunnarts just the cutest?! The dunnarts particularly love these bark rolls we put in with them, they make the best beds!

17.01.2022 That good food feeling

16.01.2022 Guess the species! Is this: A: Red-tailed phascogale B: Brushtail possum C: Brush-tailed mulgara D: Brush-tailed phascogale ... Let us know your guess in the comments...lets see who knows their wildlife species!

16.01.2022 Pip the mahogany glider saying a quick hello! (Really shes saying Excuse me, can I have some mealworms please?)

16.01.2022 This month's naughty and nice awards go to Draco and Grumbles!

15.01.2022 Yesterday our students and researchers got together to watch the Australian Mammal Society's Annual Conference, and held some of our own conference events as well! Well done to those students and staff who presented at the conference, you all did brilliantly! One of the events we had was our own poster session, and it was great to see the diversity of research being conducted at Hidden Vale. Congratulations to Kaylah who won the award for best poster! And finally, thank you to everyone who dressed up in the theme of 'Ecological Fashion' and congrats to Jennie who took out the People's Choice award! Which outfit is your favourite??

14.01.2022 #TeamTuesday Name: Rachael Role: I am an honours student at Hidden Vale Wildlife Centre... Background: I completed my Bachelor of Wildlife Science at UQ and am now doing my honours majoring in environment and sustainability at USQ. I have been volunteering and working with wildlife for 6 years. Research Project: I am looking at a new and upcoming survey method for spiders involving vibration. Favourite Australian animal: Tasmanian Devil.

13.01.2022 #WildlifeWednesday Meet Draco! He is a southern angle-headed dragon. They live in rainforests, but are quite stealthy so it can be hard to see them!

13.01.2022 Happy birthday Grumbles! One of our rufous bettongs is turning 5 years old today...well, we dont know what day is actually his birthday, but its sometime in July so we are celebrating today! Wish Grumbles a happy birthday in the comments and we will be sure to let him know at dinner time!

12.01.2022 Bunji having a bit of a tough moment with breakfast this morning!

12.01.2022 #ResearchatHV This research article was written by our very own Centre Manager Dalene as part of her PhD on koalas. She looked at body temperature of free-ranging koalas. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00484-020-01907-y

12.01.2022 If this mumma dunnart can get through the week, you can too!! How many baby dunnarts can you see? Happy Wednesday!

11.01.2022 #TeamTuesday Name: Hannah Role: Im an Honours student at the Hidden Vale Wildlife Centre. ... Background: I completed a Bachelor of Wildlife Science at UQ, and now am completing my Honours at USQ (majoring in Environment And Sustainability). Research project: Im focusing on using an adapted version of the Mata Hari Judas system in foxes. Favourite Australian animal: Possums

10.01.2022 Applications are now open for Hidden Vale Wildlife Conservation Top Up Scholarships! This is for eligible PhD students and is $7,000 per year for three years! For more details contact Research Manager Karen ([email protected]) or see:... https://hiddenvalewildlife.uq.edu.au//postgraduate-top-sch See more

10.01.2022 We start them early at Hidden Vale! Our Research Manager Dr Julia Hoy and her family recently welcomed baby Georgia to the world. She has already sat in on seminars, workshops, and PhD meetings so is being well immersed in the world of conservation! Welcome to the Hidden Vale team Georgia!

10.01.2022 Every day we check our animals to make sure they are happy and healthy. Leaf always likes to take the opportunity to try and get an extra snack from our staff members, sometimes even climbing out of her nestbox to make sure we don't forget her.

10.01.2022 Thanks to Martin from Geckoes Wildlife for helping us out with some snake gear. If you need to purchase any of your own, highly recommend going to Geckoes Wildlife! http://www.geckoeswildlife.com.au/training---equipment.html

09.01.2022 #ResearchatHV This weeks #ResearchatHV features a review article led by PhD student Meg, looking at prey naivety in Australia. She reviewed all of the current literature on how native Australian mammals respond to introduced predators, and proposes a new ecological theory - The Relaxed Predation Theory https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12611

09.01.2022 This month Tau receives both the naughty and nice award!

09.01.2022 Don't forget only a few days left to apply for a PhD opportunity at the Hidden Vale Project through ANU! Two new PhD opportunities available with $7k annual top up and operational funding. Projects working on the rufous bettong to inform species recovery activities or on innovations in wildlife reintroductions and recovery. CLOSES 20 OCTOBER 2020 through ANU.

09.01.2022 Heres this months recipients of the naughty and nice awards at Hidden Vale!

09.01.2022 Its Gilbertas 8th birthday today! As a special treat she got some yummy banana and mealworms...although she seemed to mainly want the mealworms for a snack! Everyone wish her a happy birthday and well pass along your messages to her at dinner time!

09.01.2022 We have a little colony of spinifex hopping mice here at the Wildlife Centre, and recently they had babies! How cute are they?! Did you know that Australia has over 50 species of native rodents?

08.01.2022 EDIT: Thank you so much for the overwhelming responses. We have had a lot of people contact us, and as such we are going to put a pause on any more towel donations for now. It means the world to us to have so many people willing to donate to our koala project Our koala team would love donations of any old towels, bed sheets, or cot sheets to help with vet checks for all the monitored koalas within our Koala Project. If you have any youd like to donate, please drop them to the Hidden Vale Wildlife Centre, or if youre in the Brisbane area PM us for an address to drop them to!

07.01.2022 #ResearchatHV This weeks #ResearchatHV features an article led by PhD student Alex, developing a new scat survey method to find koalas. https://www.publish.csiro.au/ZO/ZO20006

07.01.2022 If you are interested in hearing about the Hidden Vale Koala Project head to Ipswich EnviroForum: https://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au//ipswich-envirofor/_nocache Andrew Tribe and Karmen Butler chat about the koala project, which involves tracking koalas to develop a thriving koala population that could bolster regional populations. Dalene Adam explores the impact of climate change on koalas.

07.01.2022 #WildlifeWednesday Meet Damien! He is a brushtail possum that is part of a research project investigating the behavioural and biomechanical differences amongst gliding and non-gliding marsupials using cool little devices called accelerometers!

06.01.2022 If you live in the Ipswich District and you would like to voice your thoughts on their environmental priorities/policies go to this link: https://shapeyouripswich.com.au/draft-natural-environment-p

06.01.2022 Ringo's reward for being such a good ringtail possum! Lots of yummy leaves!

06.01.2022 Dont forget only a few days left to apply for a PhD opportunity at the Hidden Vale Project! Two new PhD opportunities available with $7k annual top up and operational funding. Projects working on the rufous bettong to inform species recovery activities or on innovations in wildlife reintroductions and recovery. Joint UQ and ANU project, so enrolment possible at either uni. CLOSES 18 SEPTEMBER 2020. Full details: http://bit.ly/HV_PhD_Sept2020

05.01.2022 How cute are our spinifex hopping mice babies!?

04.01.2022 When life (or your siblings) knock you down, get back on the wheel! (Yes this is 1x speed, theyre just super fast!)

04.01.2022 Today is National Threatened Species Day - a time to reflect on our wildlife and what we can do to prevent further extinctions. Here is a selection of our wildlife here at the Centre, some threatened, some not, but all as important and special as each other

03.01.2022 Hello to all of our Hidden Vale fans...we need your help! Meet two of our new residents, a pair (male and female) of northern brown bandicoots. However, these little ones don't currently have names, and we want your help to decide! To vote, simply comment the emoji of the names you like the most below! Muru (means nose in the Yuggera language)... Snooty McSnootface Pandi (from the term 'Pandi-kokkku' from which bandicoots were named) Lord Snootington Lady Snootington Kaya (means hello in the Noongar language) Sir Snoots-a-lot Tinsley (suggestion from one of our staff members) We will also welcome suggestions to be messaged to us!

02.01.2022 #WildlifeWednesday Meet Eri! He is a new little squirrel glider here at the Wildlife Centre, and has settled in beautifully with our two girls Kirra and Tau.

01.01.2022 #TeamTuesday Name: Mickayla Heinemann Role: I am an honours student at the Hidden Vale Wildlife Centre.... Background: I just completed my Bachelor of Wildlife Science at UQ this year, before going to USQ to do my honours year. I have been volunteering and working with animals for about 5 years now. Research project: I am looking at ways to increase capture methods for native frogs! Favourite Australian Animal: Northern Banjo frog, also known as the scarlet-sided Pobblebonk!

01.01.2022 If you are keen to learn more about our Koala Project head to Ipswich City Councils EnviroForum at 1 pm. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/enviroforum-changing-landsc