Biodiversity under the wheels

Koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, wombats and other wildlife are forced to dwell in fragmented spaces having to cross many roads to go about their life. Mobility design is primarily for combustion machines to fly along their supply chains. The mobility needs of the un-motorised is not taken care of with the existing infrastructure.

"Tens of thousands of collisions with animals are recorded each year across Australia and the number appears to be rising. According to NRMA Insurance claims data, there was a 21% rise in animal collision claims from 2024-2025."

"Many large animals, including kangaroos, are most active at dusk and night, often moving to feed along roadside vegetation. Insurance data shows collisions are concentrated on regional and rural roads, where higher speeds, limited lighting and greater exposure to wildlife increase risk." >>
https://theconversation.com/crashes-involving-animals-spike-in-winter-heres-how-to-avoid-them-281531
#biodiversity #wildlife #MobilityDesign #vehicles #roads #speed #RoadTrauma #kangaroos #wallabies #koalas #wombats #birds #crashes

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🦘✨ While most #swamp #wallabies have dark coats, some are born with a rare golden sheen due to a genetic #mutation.

Photographer Jack Evershed spent 80 hours tracking an elusive marsupial on #Australia's #GoldCoast to capture this footage. Scientists suggest the lighter #color might help them blend into sandier #woodland habitats.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-rare-and-elusive-golden-swamp-wallaby

#animals #biology #camouflage #cute #forest #genetics #marsupials #nature #queensland #science #wallaby #wildlife #woods #tksst #video

🦘✨ While most #swamp #wallabies have dark coats, some are born with a rare golden sheen due to a genetic #mutation.

Photographer Jack Evershed spent 80 hours tracking an elusive marsupial on #Australia's #GoldCoast to capture this footage. Scientists suggest the lighter #color might help them blend into sandier #woodland habitats.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/the-rare-and-elusive-golden-swamp-wallaby

#animals #biology #camouflage #cute #forest #genetics #marsupials #nature #queensland #science #wallaby #wildlife #woods #tksst #video

Dog saves family from fire, woman rescues white wallaby, hermit crabs have a party every night, and man makes way for ducklings.

Wallabies! It makes me so happy to see these lovely little critters. Will there be joeys soon???

#MacropodsOfMastodon #SwampWallaby #wallabies #Queensland

Current map - Where’s the Wallaby in the #UK?

Also report a wallaby sighting

Red-necked #wallabies are native to south-east Australia, including Tasmania

They're popular, charismatic animals &are often kept in both public & private zoological collections

They’re talented escape artists & there's been a number of small populations recorded inUK since the mid-1900s. The most famous was a population in the Peak District that disappeared in the 1990s

https://ukwallabies.weebly.com/current-map.html

#nature #animals