marsupials

Tasmanian devils being slaughtered on Tasmania’s killer road

Marsupials / By MikeB / September 10, 2022

NEWS AND COMMENT-TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA: There is a 15-mile stretch of road in Tasmania on which 160 endangered Tasmanian devils have been killed within the past 18 months (unnamed road). Animal advocates are …

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Rat-kangaroo reappears after being ‘extinct’ for 120 years

Rats / By MikeB / January 4, 2022

Gilbert’s potoroo vanished in the 1870s. It was believed to have become extinct about 120 years ago. It was (now is) one of Australia’s precious marsupial native species. It looks like a …

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