An introduced black rat scratches through leaf litter, looking for food. Nearby, a native water rat watches on, its beady eyes shining. The native rat pounces out from the shadows, sending the invader ...

A critically endangered critter has been sighted on a farm in the middle of nowhere. The central rock rat is one of Australia's rarest animals, and experts feared it had gone totally extinct a few ...

In the desolate plains of southern Australia scampers a small creature with pointy ears, a silky tail, and a cream-colored belly that ecologist Steve Morton describes as “wonderfully beautiful.” Its ...

Peter Banks receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Hermon Slade Foundation and the Grains Research and Development Corporation. Jenna Bytheway does not work for, consult, own ...