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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

In short: A bettong survey at Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary has shown the species has increased in number. It's thought that high rainfall earlier this year has allowed the rare marsupials to breed up.

Australia’s tiny jumpers, known as bettongs, are in trouble; once exterminated as agricultural pests they are threatened by habitat loss and introduced predators such as foxes and cats. Scientists ...