Thorn is a biologist and researcher who studies numbats at the University of Western Australia in Perth. In 2022, Thorn and colleagues published a study showing that remote-sensor camera traps ...

An endangered numbat has been filmed peeking out of a log and showing off its long tongue. Wildlife photographer Mark Jackman travelled to Boyagin Nature Reserve, 130km south-east of Perth, hoping ...

Photographers say the numbat's shy nature mean it is difficult to get a good picture — especially one where the rare marsupial is unfurling its extraordinarily long tongue hunting for termites.

How To Feed A Numbat: ... of animal health and research at the Perth Zoo in Australia. ... percent of the truth," Clauss says. "Imagine there's an anthill and you lick it with your tongue.

This week’s reader photo of a numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) was captured by Sjoerd van Berge Henegouwen in the Dryandra Woodlands, a nature conservation area south-east of Perth. Numbats face an ...

Helping Numbats First. Of course, the numbat is one of Australia’s most loved native marsupials in its own right. Like the Tasmanian Tiger, it too was on the verge of extinction during the late 20th ...

Numbats once thrived throughout Australia, but their species took a sharp decline approximately 60 years ago due to wildfires ...

Numbats—small, endangered marsupials that live in Australia—are at risk of overheating amid global warming, a new study finds. These striped mammals forage for termites, their primary food ...

On a hot day, numbats can only look for food for 10 minutes before they are forced to seek shade, raising concerns about the endangered animal's conservation amid Australia's increasing temperatures ...