Bilbies are Australia's adorable, bunny-like critters. Unfortunately, these tiny mammals are endangered. However, one Aussie program is dedicated to enhancing stable bilby populations throughout the ...

A search is underway for a rare desert animal that was pushed to the brink of extinction by two destructive predators, feral cats and foxes. Bilbies once roamed 80 per cent of the Australian mainland, ...

Bilbies bred in a sanctuary in Dubbo have provided researchers with vital clues about how they would fare in temperate Australia where they once thrived. A study of greater bilbies at Taronga Western ...

Researchers mapped out a 'genetic map', or genome, of the greater bilby, which is a threatened species. The genome reveals secrets of the bilby's evolutionary and population history while giving hope ...

Bilbies once inhabited 70% of Australia. In 1900 rabbit trappers near Adelaide would catch as many bilbies as rabbits. By the 1920's there were none to be found there. The environmental changes of the ...

Wild bilbies are more reluctant to leave their burrows when dog faeces has been placed nearby than when they are presented with the faeces of feral cats, which are major introduced predators of these ...

The Easter Bunny is a much loved part of our social history but is the Easter Bilby more appropriate in Australia? AAP/Paul Miller This Easter it is worth asking what the Easter Bunny is all about.

Mr Taylor watched wide-eyed as a small greyish animal with long ears and a tail hopped slowly across Blairs Rd in front of him. Having spent years in the bush as a shearer, he is confident the animal ...

Bilby foraging for food in a field. Bilbies are Australia’s adorable, bunny-like critters. Unfortunately, these tiny mammals are endangered. However, one Aussie program is dedicated to enhancing ...