PHOTO: Known as ecosystem engineers, this Greater Bilby was captured digging on a motion sensor camera in the Pilliga. (image AWC).
Australia’s Greater Bilby population has quadrupled in time for Easter.
The threatened Greater Bilby, affectionately known as the Easter Bilby, has recorded its biggest population increase in recent years.
New data from Australian Wildlife Conservancy’s (AWC) annual bilby census reveals the population across AWC sanctuaries and partnership sites is now more than four times larger than it was five years ago.
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