EXPLORE YOUR BACKYARD
Discover the habitats, native plants and wildlife recorded around the place you call home.
Explore near home ↗+ PSS BIOGLOW FLL 2026
What nature is hiding in your neighbourhood?
Discover koala habitat, threatened animals and plants, native vegetation and known weeds on and around a Queensland property. Start with an address.
Building your biodiversity report
- Finding the lot and drawing the maps
- Searching WildNet for threatened species records
- Writing the report
Not sure what you are looking at outside? Point Seek by iNaturalist at it.
Queensland-wide • Multiple government datasets • Inspired by curiosity about nature
BIODIVERSITY EXPLORERDEMONSTRATION
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DID YOU KNOW?
HABITAT NEARBY↗
6 topics to explore3 map layers
NATURE, CONNECTED
Habitat maps
+Species records
+Local knowledge
=Your biodiversity picture ↗
01 / YOUR BIODIVERSITY SNAPSHOT
One address. A world of life.
What will you discover?
DISCOVERIES AT A GLANCE
Did you know what’s been mapped near you?
ILLUSTRATIVE PROPERTY
Get to know
your wild neighbours.
Explore habitats and recorded species, and learn what the different maps can tell you.
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to explore
to explore
Maps are clues, not sightings. Habitat mapping and nearby records help you explore what could be around you. They do not prove a species is on the property.
Illustrative findings only. This is not an assessment of a real property.A LITTLE CURIOSITY GOES A LONG WAY
02 / FOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITY
Discover what makes your place special.
From the canopy to the creek.
There’s more to your place than you think.
LOOK CLOSER. LEARN MORE.
Every place has
a nature story.
Discover yours.
A patch of trees might connect wildlife habitat. A nearby record might reveal a threatened animal you’ve never seen. Biodiversity Checker brings maps and species information together so you can explore the nature around you and understand why it matters.
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03 / MAKE A CONNECTION
Your place. Your chance to learn.
GET CURIOUS ABOUT WILDLIFE
Find out which threatened animals and plants have been recorded nearby, and what habitat they need.
Discover local wildlife ↗CARE FOR YOUR PATCH
Learn about native vegetation and known weeds so you can start asking how to help local biodiversity.
Get to know your patch ↗QEQUEENSLAND
ECOLOGISTS
ECOLOGISTS
A PROJECT POWERED BY CURIOSITY
The BioGlow team’s idea.
A closer look at nature.
Biodiversity Checker is the Peachester State School BioGlow FLL team’s project to help people discover and care about the biodiversity around them. It brings environmental maps and species information into an approachable view, with ecological context from Queensland Ecologists.
Meet Queensland Ecologists ↗