Not only do they lose suitable habitat, but it also brings quenda into closer contact with roads and predation by feral or pet animals,” said Natasha. And a decline in their populations, as this new ...

rat-like creature is mostly found in Western Australia from Guilderton, north of Perth, to Esperance in the south-east of the state. The quenda looks cute but that is not all it is good for.

Many different Australian mammals dig in the soil ... This means they rely almost entirely on quenda and other animals to dig them up and disperse the spores in their poo. This is a wonderful ...

Josh meets with Dr Leonie Valentine, a researcher at the University of Western Australia who regularly ... Perth’s very own species of bandicoot - the quenda! “Up until 2018 quenda were ...

WWF-Australia and the Western Australian Department of Parks and Wildlife released the results of their Community Quenda Survey on ... keeping their eyes peeled for animals crossing roads, keeping ...

Fluorescence has been documented across a range of animals, including some corals ... curator of mammalogy at the Western Australian Museum, tells the Guardian’s Donna Lu.

Quendas, also known as southern brown bandicoots, were once common across southern parts of Australia ... Findings show quenda sightings had declined in some suburbs south of the Swan River ...