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Critical discovery after tiny carnivore returns to #Aussie forest after 100 years: 'We're stoked' https://au.news.yahoo.com/critical-discovery-after-tiny-carnivore-returns-to-aussie-forest-after-100-years-were-stoked-014630927.html

#WildLife #AustralianFauna #Environment

Critical discovery after tiny carnivore returns to Aussie forest after 100 years: 'We're stoked'

The tiny predator had proved no match for cats and foxes.

Yahoo News Australia

SydneyJim Feb 18

Rare Marsupial Seen for the First Time in 80 Years on #Australian Trail Camera https://people.com/rare-marsupial-captured-on-australian-trail-camera-for-first-time-in-80-years-11908698

#AustralianFauna

AustralianHistoriesPodcast Jul 25, 2025

"When echidna mothers nurse their young, known as puggles, the microbiome of their pouch changes to protect their babies in their first weeks of life, new research has found."

🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/16/echidna-mothers-change-their-pouch-microbiome-to-protect-tiny-pink-jelly-bean-puggles-new-research-finds 🔗

Oh yes, they're a weird lot alright - like their Platypus cousins
🎧 https://www.australianhistoriespodcast.com.au/19-platypus-controversy/ 🎧

#Platypus #Echidna #AustralianFauna #NativeAnimals #AustralianHistory #OzHistory #AustralianPodcast

Jonathan Emmesedi Jun 23, 2025

The beautiful Toolache Wallaby ( macropus greyi) , as illustrated by Henry Constantine Richter in John Gould's "Mammals of Australia", published between 1845 and 1863.

This wallaby was to be found in South Australia and Victoria. The last sighting in the wild took place in 1924, and the last Toolache Wallaby in captivity died in 1939.

#Australia #AustralianWildlife #AustralianFauna #Wallabies #ToolacheWallaby #ExtinctAnimals #JohnGould #MammalsOfAustralia #HCRichter #HenryConstantineRichter #Lithograph #ZoologicalIllustration #ScientificIllustration