A small nocturnal marsupial that once roamed the Australian mainland has been brought back from the brink of extinction after a decades-long conservation effort, authorities said Wednesday. The ...

An eastern barred bandicoot explores its space in the Werribee Open Range Zoo. Courtesy of Zoos Victoria The first time the large Maremma sheepdog sees the tiny eastern barred bandicoot across the ...

The Victorian government announced a $4.46m 4ha habitat corridor — the size of six soccer fields — on the outskirts of Cranbourne Gardens for the endangered southern brown bandicoot. Backed by the ...

Eastern barred bandicoots have recently been downgraded from extinct to endangered on mainland Australia, thanks to the efforts of conservationists over decades. Here’s how they did it – and the good ...

Australia holds an unenviable conservation status: it’s the fourth-worst country in the world for species extinctions and is in the top three for critically endangered animals. This week’s Federal ...