Decimated brush-tailed bettong makes a startling return - with the help of peanut butter

Project to reintroduce critically endangered marsupial in South Australia, involving lures with nut spread, has surpassed expectationsThe Australian bush was once full of rabbit-size marsupials darting and jumping around "like mini-kangaroos on steroids", says ecologist Derek Sandow.But since European invasion, the arrival of cats and foxes and the disappearance of habitat has left the brush-tailed bettong hanging on in only a handful of spots on the vast continent and on island refuges. Continue reading...