ANU is helping the eastern quoll make a comeback to mainland Australia after its disappearance more than 50 years ago. Professor Adrian Manning from the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society ...

The eastern quoll, a cat-sized marsupial with pointy ears and speckled fur, was once found throughout south-eastern Australia. But disease and predation by foxes and feral cats devastated the species; ...

Since the endangered Australian quolls often die by preying on toxic cane toads, they are being trained to avoid them, scientists have revealed. The invasive species of cane toads, now more than 200 ...

Once abundant on Australia's mainland, the eastern quoll — also called the native cat — has been extinct in the country for half a century. Fortunately, they're still widespread in Tasmania, where ...

Quolls are underrated icons of the Australian wilderness. Of the six known species of quoll in the world, four are native to Australia. They’re our second-largest carnivorous marsupial, after the ...

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When you think of carnivorous marsupials, you probably picture the Tasmanian devil or perhaps a spotted-tailed quoll. But ...

Scientists are training an endangered furry marsupial -- Australia's beloved quoll -- to avoid eating toxic toads that have devastated predator populations in a novel attempt to save the country's ...

Warning: this article contains graphic descriptions of human disfigurement. In 1878, the body of Sergeant Michael Kennedy lay in the bush in Victoria’s Wombat Ranges. He’d been shot by the notorious ...

Two eastern quoll have been found as roadkill on the Australian mainland. Although considered extinct in Australia since 1963, these carnivorous marsupials remain abundant on the island of Tasmania.