News Scientists to search for Tassie tigers in Queensland …by the time Europeans arrived, most likely as a result of competition with dingoes. It was the arrival of European colonists that spelt the end for the carnivorous marsupial species…
Wildlife The possum with an insatiable sweet tooth …possums. Kirsty says that they can be traced back to a small South American marsupial called Monito del Monte (Dromiciops gliroides), native to Chile. “They are from different families but…
Wildlife 10 reasons Australians should celebrate bilbies, not bunnies, this Easter …Bilbies are unique animals Image: Save the Bilby Fund There’s nothing quite like the Greater bilby, a nocturnal marsupial with silky blue-grey fur. With rabbit-like ears, a long tufted tail…
News Tasmanian devils found on mainland were probably stowaways, study finds …in remote far north Queensland. This led some to question whether Tasmanian devils – the largest living carnivorous marsupial – really have been extinct on mainland Australia for the last…
Wildlife 'Fittest' Tassie devils the most susceptible to facial tumour disease …to the fatal disease. DFTD has had a devastating effect on devil populations in Tasmania, with the marsupial carnivore placed on the endangered list in 2009. So what is it…
News Human contamination of waterways affecting health of Tasmanian devils …by the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program, implemented in 2003, which looks to prevent the extinction of the carnivorous marsupial. READ MORE: Tasmanian devils are evolving rapidly to fight their…
News Qantas names plane after Australia's cutest animal — the quokka …assaulting a quokka, one of Australia’s most valued marsupials, known for its happy demeanour. READ MORE: Smiling quokkas of Rottnest Island. Beach quokkas. A close encounter of the furry kind….
News Keep your friends close and your enemies closer …as there colloquially known, ‘rat kangaroos’, to a small number of predators such as feral cats, the Australian marsupial’s defense tactics could evolve and prevent the species extinction. After realising…
News New evidence: human presence in northern Australia as early as 65,000 years ago …years before the continent-wide extinctions of giant birds, marsupials, and reptiles. It also means modern humans inhabited Australia for at least 15, 000 years while more archaic hominins still lived…
History & Culture An endless quest: the search for the Tasmanian tiger …on its brown body. In the driver’s mind there was no doubt: it was a Tasmanian tiger, a thylacine. But was this possible? The species – the world’s largest marsupial…