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 ...

But the star of the show, an eastern barred bandicoot named James, has come down with a bout of stage fright and is refusing to come out of his crate. After some gentle coaxing from his keeper, James ...

Numbers dwindled to around 150 in just one area near Hamilton, until conservation groups and government agencies set up the eastern barred bandicoot recovery team in 1988. Zoos Victoria ...

The Eastern Barred Bandicoot has been bumped off the Australian state of Victoria's "extinct in the wild" list A small furry marsupial that roamed plains in Australia has been brought back from ...

The Eastern Barred Bandicoot populated the grassy plains of Victoria state's southwest until it was all but obliterated by non-native foxes, feral cats and habitat destruction. By 1989 ...

When Phillip Island's Mark Korvin recently spotted his first eastern barred bandicoot, it was shortly after a fellow surfer had dropped some nuts on the ground in a bluff car park. "I think the ...

The eastern barred bandicoot has had its conservation status downgraded from “extinct in the wild” to “endangered.” An international first, the successful reintroduction of the species ...

Bandicoots on the Brink: The Plight of the Eastern Barred Bandicoot While bilbies have captured the public’s imagination, some bandicoots are fighting quiet battles for survival. The Eastern ...

The Eastern Barred Bandicoot populated the grassy plains of Victoria state’s southwest until it was all but obliterated by non-native foxes, feral cats and habitat destruction. By 1989 ...

They are made by hungry eastern barred bandicoots – small, roughly rabbit-sized digging marsupials – looking for a juicy worm or grub. It turns out these bandicoot digs are far from just ...

PROTECTION: A key focus in the West Tamar through to Perth-Longford areas is protecting and improving habitat for eastern barred bandicoot for NRM North. Picture: supplied NRM North is continuing ...

The Eastern Barred Bandicoot has been bumped off the Australian state of Victoria's "extinct in the wild" list A small furry marsupial that roamed plains in Australia has been brought back from ...