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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.
Using DNA from a deceased zoo bilby, a team led by the University of Sydney's Professor Carolyn Hogg has sequenced the genome of the surviving Greater bilby. The team also created the first genome ...
The federal government has committed $5 million in conservation efforts to protect the native greater bilby Bilby numbers have more than doubled according to a spotlight census by the Australian ...
It’s 10 years since the first Greater Bilby Recovery Summit brought together 39 individuals representing 29 separate stakeholder groups, united in the fight to prevent the demise of this charismatic ...
The greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis), also known as the rabbit-eared bandicoot, is a desert-dwelling creature that once occupied over 80 percent of the continent. But due to decades of decline ...
The quest to save the greater bilby has been a runaway success at Taronga Western Plains Zoo where the population has jumped from 18 to 136 in four years. Bilby numbers grow from 18 to 136 in ...
Trichosurus vulpecula vulpecula exists in Pilbara, Midwest, the east coast and South Australia, The Pilbara is continuing to ...
Chocolate bilbies are a local alternative at Easter, as Australian Geographic explains: There are few Aussie marsupials as instantly recognisable as the bilby — or more specifically the greater bilby.
Nevertheless, conservationists say they've managed to double endangered bilby populations in just 12 months. The Greater Bilby has reached a record population estimate of at least 3,315 among ...
Mammal taxidermy under ultraviolet light: (a) polar bear, (b) southern marsupial mole, (c) greater bilby, (d) mountain zebra, (e) bare-nosed wombat, (f) six-banded armadillo, (g) orange leaf-nosed ...
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 ...