There were thought to be only 1300 numbats left in Western Australia but a new study that closely examined their stripes estimates the remaining natural population of the endangered species ...

Scientists have completed the first translocation of numbats to Western Australia in the hope of boosting the population of the species, which is down to 1,000 across the country. Nine numbats ...

Thanks, in part, to the zoo's efforts, the numbat population is now thought to be around 1,000. Initially , Mawson fed the zoo numbats modified cat chow with crushed termite — along with some ...

A crackdown on feral cats is helping to return the once dwindling numbat population in southern Western Australia to healthier numbers. Two populations of the critically endangered marsupial ...

Australia's numbat population has been decimated by introduced predators such as cats and foxes, with less than 1,000 individuals believed to be left in the wild. To boost the species' chance of ...

"With an estimated population of only about 2000, numbats are under threat from habitat loss and introduced predators like foxes and feral cats," Dr Cooper said. "In terms of habitat requirements ...

An ambitious plan to boost the populations of 10 threatened marsupial species has taken another step with the release of numbats to a ... increase in the world population of 10 threatened mammals." ...

“All the numbats at Scotia Sanctuary are descended from the population at Dryandra Woodland near Narrogin, although half the original founders arrived via another Dryandra-descended population ...