Australia has plenty of cute animals that get attention. Koalas, kangaroos and quokkas are talked about all the time, but there's a new creature that deserves the limelight. That would be the ...

Australian scientists studying the reliability of species distribution models for revealing the response of animals to climate change have focused their research on the endangered marsupial, the ...

From sifting through topsoil for native truffles to cracking open hard shells of seeds and nuts to munch on the tasty kernels, Australia bettongs and potoroos are described as "ecosystem engineers" in ...

Native Australian animals range from high-hopping kangaroos to fast-running emus—but clever little bettongs also have a special ability to find and eat the food they love. Flinders University ...

Australia is famous for its kangaroos and koalas. But the land down under is also home to many equally adorable—but overlooked—animals. For instance, the continent is home to more than 378 mammal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Around 200 years ago, bettongs were the most common macropod in Australia. These small wallaby-like creatures were once found ...

A small endangered marsupial with a taste for truffles may be a linchpin in one kind of Australian forest — and the evidence is in the animal’s poop. That’s an important role because these ...

Brush-tailed bettongs are back. These tiny endangered marsupials have been reintroduced to mainland South Australia after disappearing more than a century ago. The bettong, also known as a woylie, ...

You are probably familiar with kangaroos. Wallabies, too, and most likely quokkas as well. Less famous are their small, endangered cousins, the bettongs. These little marsupials love to dig and have a ...

Australian scientists studying the reliability of species distribution models for revealing the response of animals to climate change have focused their research on the endangered marsupial, the ...