Meet the Greater Bilby! Join us as we begin our epic adventure at Taronga Zoo Sydney to learn more about this incredible Australian animal and discover what the zoo is doing to protect, breed and reintroduce Greater Bilbies back into the wild. | National Geographic Australia

Today is National Bilby Day a day to recognise the vitally important Australian species, the Great Bilby. Commonly known as 'ecological engineers’ of the Australian bush due to the amount of soil they turnover, this little marsupial was commonly found in deserts of NSW, but due to predation by introduced species, they have been extinct in the wild for more than 100 years. October last year marked an iconic moment in Taronga's history, where Zookeepers from Taronga Western Plains Zoo released sev