Wildlife
The bandicoots in your backyard
It’s time we developed a new appreciation for these misunderstood and much-maligned marsupials.
Tag: bandicoot
Wildlife
Endangered bandicoots live among us in Melbourne
New research has found these shy animals thriving in peri-urban areas (the interface between cities and more rural areas) on the outskirts of Melbourne.
Wildlife
Tracking the evolutionary history of our once carnivorous bilbies and bandicoots
Kenny Travouillon, the curator of mammology at the Western Australian Museum, has been studying the ancient ancestry of bilbies and bandicoots for ten years. Through the rigorous analysis of extensive fossil records from Museums all across Australia, he’s grown more wary of the future of these iconic Aussie animals.
Wildlife
The native animals you’ll find in an Aussie backyard
We share our gardens with a surprising number of native animals.
Fundraising
Eastern barred bandicoot
Please donate to help bring this marsupial back from the brink of extinction.
News
15-million-year-old bilby fossil found in Qld
The oldest-known fossil of a bilby has been found in NW Queensland