New life has returned to a place once written off as quiet and empty. At Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary, small, sharp-eyed hunters have emerged from the edge of disappearance, challenging a century-long story of loss. The birth of western quoll joeys here is not loud or dramatic. It unfolds softly — in red dust, at night, under careful observation — yet its significance is profound. For decades, the western quoll was pushed toward oblivion by habitat destruction, introduced predators, and human expansion. Its absence became normalized, another line in a long list of species Australia nearly lost. That is what...
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