by Paula Peeters | Jul 26, 2019 | Tales of science, Wildworld Books, Writing
How did the rainforest trees find which animals could carry their seeds far and wide? By inviting everyone to The Rainforest Ball, of course! A story to celebrate National Tree Day, from my book Stories from the Wildworld. The Rainforest Ball Long ago, the rainforest...
by Paula Peeters | May 5, 2019 | Cartoons, Nature journaling, Tales of science, Wildlife illustration
Bellbirds were once a part of Binna Burra, but not in my memory. It seems that the bird species that gave its name to Bellbird Clearing, Bellbird Lookout and Bellbird Track was long gone before I first visited the park. But that has all changed now, because a pair of...
by Paula Peeters | Apr 20, 2019 | Nature journaling, Tales of science
“Have they been planted here?” the lady asked. I thought it was an odd question, but then I realized she was thinking of the sort of figs that you eat. We were standing on the edge of the rainforest, at Mary Cairncross Reserve. The strangler figs were...
by Paula Peeters | Nov 14, 2018 | Tales of science
I rarely get political on this blog, but what follows is an important part of my story, and of the struggle we’re in to try to save threatened species in Queensland. A few years ago I resigned from my job in the Threatened Species Unit of the Queensland...
by Paula Peeters | Aug 19, 2016 | Projects, Tales of science, Wildlife illustration
This story starts and ends with a duck. It also includes volcanoes, subtropical rainforest, an idyllic lake and a team of dedicated scientists. But let’s begin with the duck. I met the duck in Germany, in 2008. The lovely Ray, my palaeobotanist partner, was...
by Paula Peeters | Jul 22, 2016 | Tales of science, Writing
She didn’t need much. While I was busy with my own small worries, my own daily life, this last two years, she was just quietly getting on with her own. I didn’t know it, but she was less than a kilometre from where I live, maybe a lot closer than that. For there are...
