SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Easter Bunny's days as a furry seasonal icon may be numbered in Australia, as conservationists Down Under move to replace it with the Easter Bilby. The bilby is a rare marsupial ...

Greater bilby numbers are on the up after a breeding boom according to the annual Australian Wildlife Conservancy Bilby Census. The 2023 census was conducted at six Australian Wildlife Conservancy ...

CANBERRA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government has launched a national strategy to save an iconic marsupial species from extinction. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Minister for the ...

Marsupial at Sydney's Taronga Zoo named after young prince. April 20, 2014— -- Call it a meeting of the adorable minds. Prince George met a bilby named after him while visiting the Taronga Zoo in ...

Baby George, meet bilby George! As part of the duke and duchess of Cambridge’s ongoing royal visit to Australia, the wee prince and his parents got to meet George’s marsupial namesake during a visit ...

Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived in New Zealand Monday on a much-anticipated three-week royal tour of that country and Australia, the first trip for baby Prince George. While George is ...

– questioned why anybody would want to buy an Easter Bunny when they could have an Easter Bilby instead. The campaign appears to be catching on. Some schools have replaced their Easter bunnies with ...