Bilby population breaks record in 5th annual survey of protected areas

Under the darkness of night, Genevieve Heggarty jumps out of a ute near a fenced-off area of the Mallee Cliffs National Park in south-west New South Wales.

The Milky Way peeks out from the black of night as she navigates the Mallee scrub by torchlight, dodging burrows and checking traps for the…