Commonly known as Australia's "Easter bunny" due to its large ears and hopping movement, the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) is the last of its kind. Today we published its reference genome—all ...

Bilbies are Australia’s adorable, bunny-like critters. Unfortunately, these tiny mammals are endangered. However, one Aussie ...

Last week, federal Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek announced $5 million worth of programs to protect the greater bilby, including $1.6 million to manage threats to bilbies in ...

The greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis).Image credit: courtesy Save The Bilby Fund. Peter McRea was the Queensland Government’s pre-eminent bilby scientist for over 30 years and to support the national ...

The quest to save Australia's threatened greater bilby has been an "amazing" success at Taronga Western Plains Zoo where the population has jumped from 18 to 136 since 2019.

The greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) is one of Australia's most iconic yet at-risk animals - and the last surviving bilby species. Once found across . Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.

Haigh’s Chocolates, a fourth-generation Australian-owned family firm, produces a range of these bilby products. Chocolate bilbies are a local alternative at Easter, as Australian Geographic explains: ...

The Greater Bilby has reached a record population estimate of at least 3,315 among six protected areas, according to the latest Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) Bilby Census.

In follow-up research, he and others found that a marsupial known as a bilby, the quills of hedgehogs and porcupines, a wombat species and other mammals glowed in the dark, the New York Times ...

We call the greater bilby Ninu – the name used by Western Australia’s Gibson Desert Kiwirrkurra Community we worked with. Sadly, Ninu only now exist in 20% of their former range.

Save the Bilby Fund has been focused on the endangered bilby for the past 25 years. The organization, which began breeding successfully as recently as 2019, now has over 10 Incredible Bilby Facts ...