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We mapped the entire bilby genome—and now we can use poo to save Australia's 'Easter bunny' from extinction
We call the greater bilby Ninu—the name used by Western Australia's Gibson Desert Kiwirrkurra Community we worked with. Sadly, Ninu only now exist in 20% of their former range.
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Fire revival: how Australia’s desert people use ancient wisdom to protect the endangered bilby
A return to traditional Indigenous burning practices in the Gibson and Great Sandy deserts is helping protect the ninu, or greater bilby.
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Hope for the Ninu
Finding tracks near a burrow, he set up his camera trap. The greater bilby has many Aboriginal names, including ninu. It was brought to near extinction through predation by foxes and cats introduced ...