University of New South Wales: Back From the Brink - Bettongs Return to the Desert
June 16, 2026
June 16, 2026
SYDNEY, Australia, June 16 -- The University of New South Wales posted the following news:
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Back from the brink: bettongs return to the desert
Melissa Lyne
Researchers are celebrating the release of the once locally extinct burrowing bettong back into the NSW desert - with the aim of training them to survive alongside feral cats and foxes.
The burrowing bettong once thrived across Australia's arid interior, but within a c . . .
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Back from the brink: bettongs return to the desert
Melissa Lyne
Researchers are celebrating the release of the once locally extinct burrowing bettong back into the NSW desert - with the aim of training them to survive alongside feral cats and foxes.
The burrowing bettong once thrived across Australia's arid interior, but within a c . . .