In February, 24 individuals of this species were released into a 6,000-hectare sanctuary in the heart of Tasmania, in the hope of halting the decline of this funny little animal. The living world is ...

Sniffer dogs can be seen hard at work in airports around the world, and regularly accompany police patrols. Now they’re taking on a new and very different task, helping to seek out the elusive ...

European colonists mistakenly labeled quolls as "native cats" when in fact they are among Australia's last living carnivorous marsupials. Often overshadowed by their better-known cousins the Tasmanian ...

Conservation manager Hayley Glover smiles as she gingerly lifts the lid of a quoll nursery box at Dunkeld Pastoral Company's town acreage, trying not to disturb the small, spotty family inside. "We've ...

Scientists working in WA's biggest and most remote national park—Karlamilyi—have discovered a population of northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus). The discovery at the edge of the Little Sandy Desert ...

The quolls, often described as native cats because of their predatory nature, were taken to Booderee National Park as part of a project to test whether or not they could successfully be reintroduced ...

A small endangered marsupial is dying for sex — literally. The male northern quoll — a carnivorous mammal about the size of a small domestic cat — is walking so far and sleeping so little in its ...

Australia’s northern quoll, one of the world’s rarest carnivores, has developed a feeding habit that puts its very existence in peril. The squirrel-sized marsupial turns out to have a fondness for the ...

The northern quoll, one of Australia's most adorable and endangered native carnivores, appears to be adapted to dramatically different landscapes -- which may be key to the species' survival. A new ...