A significant number of rare plants and animals call the Daintree home, including Bennett’s tree kangaroo, the southern cassowary, the waterfall frog and the tube‑nosed insectivorous bat.

Many native frog species are thriving after the record-breaking deluge in the region. Many native frog species are thriving after the record-breaking deluge in the region. Read Today's Paper Tributes.

The beautiful nursery frog is one of 11 Australian species to be added to the World Conservation Council's red list. Professor Nigel Stork from the Rainforest Cooperative Research Centre in ...

The frog received pain medication and antibiotics, again diluted by a factor of 1,000. Within a week, much of which it spent eating mealworms, it was released back into the wild.