Sydneysiders will have the chance to see 100 awe-inspiring shots in the annual tour of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year ...

The population of the greater bilby has increased within protected zones set up by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy. Less than 10,000 bilbies are believed to remain in the wild in Australia ...

The development of modern Australia, the trapping of bilbies and the rapid spread of feral rabbits, foxes and cats led to the extinction of the yallara, or lesser bilby. Greater bilbies were once ...

Australian Wildlife Conservancy field ecologist Aliesha Dodson releases a Greater Bilby into the 9,450-hectare feral predator-free fenced area at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary. Picture: Brad Leue ...

including avoiding the habitat of the greater bilby, a rabbit-like mammal considered susceptible to extinction. Although it has won environmental approval in Australia, the project "still faces ...

Described as an “icon of the bush”, burrowing bilbies once roamed across three-quarters of mainland Australia ... period with a chocolate native bilby rather than an invasive bunny.