Notoryctes are true marsupials instead of some not-quites ... a raised pink fleshy “shield” structure like a big button nose on a stuffed animal. The relatives they left behind in daylight ...

Through the hole, a tiny pink nose emerged. The nose didn’t belong to a rat, but to a brushtail possum, a nocturnal marsupial found along Australia’s east coast. The couple assumed the animal ...

The animals actually number in their millions and are adept survivors. However, many of their marsupial relatives are not as fortunate, and due to habitat loss, the development of roads ...

In the remote Queensland outback, a marsupial bigger than a mouse but smaller than a rat scampers inconspicuously among the shrubbery, across dry, red dirt. With a pointy nose and plenty of sharp ...

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.

Marsupial moles are perhaps Australia's most bizarre mammals. Known as "itjaritjari" to the Indigenous Aṉangu people and featuring prominently in their tales, the marsupial mole is rarely ...

A University of Queensland-led team has successfully produced the first kangaroo embryos via in vitro fertilization (IVF), a crucial jump towards saving other marsupial species from extinction.

With continued work in the future, the team hopes to promote live births of endangered marsupial species, including Tasmanian devils, koalas and northern hairy-nosed wombats Sara Hashemi Daily ...

While the eastern grey kangaroos used in this trial are not endangered, many of Australia’s marsupial species are, including koalas and Tasmanian devils. Scientists at the University of ...

The feat provides important insights into marsupial breeding and could aid efforts to improve the genetic diversity of endangered species such as the koala, Tasmanian devil, northern hairy-nosed ...