Northern Quoll

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Efforts to Save Quolls might Actually Endanger Them

Researchers are finding that relocating marsupials to a predator-free island changes their behavior such that they are no longer afraid of predators. Over the past 80 years, the Northern Quoll, a cat-sized carnivorous marsupial with a pointed snout and bushy long tail, had disappeared all over Australia due to the invasive toxic Cane Toad. Northern […]

Written by on June 22, 2018

Endangered Northern Quolls Benefit from Multi-pronged Conservation Measures

The Endangered Northern Quoll might be one of the cutest threatened native Australian species there is. This small mammal with big eyes and long whiskers recently experienced a devastating population crash. Why? We think invasive and introduced species are to blame…Particularly cats and feral herbivores like cattle pigs and buffalo. – Anthony Simms, senior project […]

Written by on May 23, 2016