Wombat noses and whiskers don't just make them adorable. Both are unique sensory organs essential for navigation, foraging ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Hidden beneath the dunes, a mysterious creature glides through the sand. This is not one of the giant worms of Arrakis in Frank Herbert’s ...

Wombats are among Australia's most well-known animals, charming many with their seemingly clumsy and cute appearance. However ...

Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa Martu rangers have photographed an elusive mole covered in silky golden locks that burrows in the sands of Western Australia and is only spotted a few times per decade. When you ...

In Australia, there's a little critter known as the marsupial mole. It has lush, golden fur. It is blind. It has flipper-like front feet so it can swim through desert sands. And it is not easy to find ...

For the first time, researchers have successfully extracted and decoded RNA from an extinct animal. The thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, was a wolflike marsupial that went extinct after ...

This image was taken during the day (the Virginia opossum is mostly nocturnal). The mother is carrying nine young on her back. New Hampshire has an official state marsupial: the Virginia opossum. That ...