Move over Crocodile Dundee, here come the Crocodile Queens. In Queensland, Australia, where female Indigenous rangers have traditionally been rarer than a platypus at a disco, the Queensland Indigenous Women’s Ranger Network (QIWRN) is flipping the script. Formed in 2018, this powerhouse program blends ancient wisdom with high-tech tools to protect forests, fight fires, and even babysit the Great Barrier Reef (because somebody’s got to keep the tourists from stepping on the coral).

With over 60 women already trained, QIWRN has become part conservation squad, part support group, and part brain trust, imagine a ranger campfire circle where the Wi-Fi actually works. Their efforts are so impressive that last December, Prince William and Sir David Attenborough’s Earthshot Prize tossed them $1.6 million, proving once and for all that saving the planet isn’t just men’s work—it’s women’s too, and frankly, the planet looks better for it.

Queensland: where queens guard reefs.