Critically endangered yalgiri (bettongs) making history on Yorke Peninsula
New monitoring and heartwarming images from the field have confirmed that bettongs, wildlife at the centre of the Marna Banggara project’s tireless...
19 May 2023
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8 interesting facts about the Australian sea lion
The Australian sea lion is Australia's only native seal, but there's more to this marine mammal than meets the eye. Here are 8 interesting facts we bet you...
18 October 2022
Sea change for bettongs
36 brush-tailed bettongs have made an epic 2,000km journey from Western Australia to their new home on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula!
1 August 2022
In photos: Cultural burns on Narungga and Nukunu Country reigniting restorative practice
The Northern and Yorke Landscape Board is collaborating with First Nations people, Firesticks Alliance Indigenous Corporation and National Parks and Wildlife...
22 May 2022
Tech meets conservation: Using telemetry towers to monitor bettongs
The Marna Banggara project is using telemetry towers to monitor the brush-tailed bettongs that were reintroduced to Yorke Peninsula.
1 May 2022
Bright-eyed brushy-tailed! Welcoming the next generation of bettongs to Yorke Peninsula
A southern Yorke Peninsula born brush-tailed bettong has been found. And if that’s not enough, that female also had a young joey in her pouch!
1 May 2022
How the bettong will transform Yorke Peninsula
This tiny marsupial has the potential to heal land. Read about the project making this happen for a South Australian peninsula.
28 September 2021
In photos: Bettongs home at last on Yorke Peninsula
40 pioneering brush-tailed bettongs from Wedge Island, South Australia have been released at Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park! Take a look at the photos...
27 September 2021
Emotional homecoming for bettongs
40 furry ambassadors for conservation have received an emotional welcome home on the southern Yorke Peninsula, in South Australia. And they’re positively...
24 September 2021
The ultimate comeback: what it takes to translocate bettongs
Some very precious passengers will soon make an epic journey across the Nullarbor Plain. But these aren't your average holiday-makers; in fact, it's a...
6 May 2021
Discovery of Glossy Black Cockatoo chicks bring hope for bushfire ravaged Kangaroo Island
Q and A: Behind the scenes of the search for hope on Kangaroo Island. Learn how Kangaroo Island is recovering after the bushfires.
27 May 2020
Hope for the glossy black cockatoo
Amidst the devastation comes a story of hope, as early surveys have revealed sightings of endangered glossy black cockatoos in burnt-out habitat in Kangaroo...
10 March 2020