What animals live in Australia, native Australian mammals, birds, marsupials, reptiles, amphibians, habitat types, pictures, video

AWC protects almost 10% of the Bilby population. Discover the benefits of Bilby conservation & initiatives taking place to help save them.

The Common or Eastern Ringtail Possum is well known to many Sydney residents. Together with the Common Brushtail Possum, it has adapted well to living in close association with humans and is often seen in suburban gardens at night.

It was about 4am on a dark Tasmanian morning and I was heading for Hobart airport for a 6am flight. I was driving along twisting country roads, taking it easy for the sake of ambush wombats and my …

Australian dingo.

Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa Martu rangers have photographed an elusive mole covered in silky golden locks that burrows in the sands of Western Australia and is only spotted a few times per decade.

The tiny, mouse-like planigales are some of the smallest marsupials around – and there are two more species of them than anybody realised.