The brush-tailed bettong looks like a miniature kangaroo and, similarly, has a pouch where it keeps its young. But don’t be fooled, this small marsupial is not as adorable as it looks.

New research on the feeding habits of the desert rat-kangaroo could help locate the possibly extinct species, with ...

The desert bettong, or ngudlukanta, has been listed as extinct since 1994. Photos taken by Hedley Herbert Finlayson who ‘rediscovered’ the ngudlukanta in the 1930s. An intriguing native ...

An Aussie ranger became a “mom” to an orphaned Rufous Bettong joey named Buttercup after she was tragically thrown from her mother’s pouch at just one-month in New South Wales’ Barrington Wildlife ...