An encounter with a kangaroo left dying on a roadside on Kangaroo Island spurred photographer Doug Gimesy into action. Now this winner of the 2016 AG Nature Photographer of the Year ‘Our Impact’ category is using his images to raise awareness of the problem. Read the full feature and see more of Doug’s striking imagery in the May-June 2017 issue of Australian Geographic (AG#138).
Doug Gimesy’s confronting photo series “Fast roads, slow deaths” forces attention on Kangaroo Island’s wildlife trauma.
This adorable video of a baby eastern grey kangaroo comes with an important message.
This is the first koala joey born this season at Australia Zoo in Queensland.
Every hour in Australia carers around the country are helping rear orphaned wildlife, from kangaroos to koalas, wombats to quolls.
Two endangered brush-tailed rock-wallaby joeys have been born at Taronga Zoo
This little female koala joey is the first one born this season at Taronga Zoo
This gorgeous little bilby joey is in need of a name and you can help Taronga Zoo find the right one
Taronga Zoo’s second baby wombat is proof of breeding success with these notoriously difficult-to-pair natives.
The first baby Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo born in 20 years at Taronga Zoo has emerged.