Animal encounters

It’s that time of the year again; after a long winter sleep, snakes are on the move with two things in mind – finding food and finding a mate.

The Dog and Cat Management Board has buddied up with Australia Post to deliver important safety messages to South Australian dogs and their owners. Find out more!

Read our handy hints for keeping your dog from disturbing endangered Hooded Plovers this nesting season.

Did you know its Hooded Plover nesting season? Find out how beachgoers can help protect them at this important time of year.

Find out about the many great projects underway in SA to save our threatened species.

With Father’s Day coming up this weekend, we are shining a light on some of South Australia’s great native animal dads.

It’s Olympic time, so get to know some of South Australia’s supreme athletes from the animal kingdom!

Is it a bird, is it a plane, no, it’s a…bat? And you may spot one in your neighbourhood so here’s everything you need to know.

Years of habitat loss drove many native woodland birds out of the Mount Lofty Ranges – find out what’s being done to bring them back.