A conservationist has described the chance sight of a southern carpet python devouring a critically endangered numbat as an emotional yet "exciting" moment. A man has photographed a southern carpet ...

An endangered numbat has been filmed peeking out of a log and showing off its long tongue. Wildlife photographer Mark Jackman travelled to Boyagin Nature Reserve, 130km south-east of Perth, hoping to ...

To make the New Numbat Artificial Diet, mix together powdered cat chow, hen's eggs and water. Cook on low heat for 10 minutes and cool. Add calcium carbonate, a vitamin-mineral supplement, cellulose ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. There were thought to be only 1300 numbats left in Western Australia but a new study that closely ...

It used to be the stuff of science fiction: bringing a long-dead species back from extinction by painstakingly piecing together its full DNA sequence, or genome. It’s not quite as straightforward as ...

It's March, and that means college basketball fans are gearing up for the NCAA tournament. But there's another tournament taking place this month — and animals aren't the mascots, they're the ...

Miro doesn't know it yet, but his life is about to change. The one-year-old Numbat has lived at Perth Zoo since birth under the watchful eyes of keepers, who have had to met his challenging diet ...

A group of numbat lovers has come to the rare marsupial’s rescue in a pocket of south-western WA. AT FIRST GLANCE, Robert McLean seems an unlikely conservationist. A meat-truck driver by day, he’s a ...

If you don’t live in Australia, you may never have seen a numbat — even if you do, you may still have never seen one. The numbat is small, well-camouflaged, and … there aren’t many to see. That’s ...