As nighttime settled across a national park in Australia, an “extremely rare” mammal with “long” feet bounded into a forest clearing and circled around a bush. Unbeknownst to it, a nearby trail camera ...

Australia-based scientists said Thursday they had produced the world's first kangaroo embryo through in vitro fertilization and hailed it as a key step towards saving endangered marsupials. The ...

The pouches aren’t the only things about these mammals that are unusual. There are over 250 species of marsupials, and around 200 of them live in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands. That may be ...

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 ...

Once widespread across the deserts of inland Australia, the Crest-tailed Mulgara was largely wiped out by invasive rabbits, cats and foxes. The cutesy carnivorous marsupial hasn't been seen in the ...

Australia is the kingdom of marsupials, home to furry kangaroos, koalas and wombats. The continent has so many marsupials, it raises the question: Did these pouch-bearing mammals arise Down Under? The ...