It is, perhaps, not a great idea to use an invasive species as a symbol for a religious holiday, so Australia has been pushing the Easter bilby, an endangered marsupial that kind of looks like a ...

Commonly known as Australia's "Easter bunny" due to its large ears and hopping movement, the greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) is the last of its kind. Today we published its reference genome—all ...

In much of history and in other cultures the rabbit is not the main symbol of Easter. In Germany, it’s an egg laying fox. Australia has a Bilby and in Sweden it's the easter witch. In northern ...

The tradition of crucifixion in Pampanga, Philippines returns this Good Friday after three of the pandemic halted it; The iconic bilby is an Australian alternative to the Easter Bunny; Kids are ...

The Easter bilby is a uniquely Australian tradition, replacing the Easter bunny as the bearer of chocolate eggs. In Christianity, Easter commemorates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ ...