Somewhere in the dense, wind-battered scrub of Western Australia’s southern coast, a small marsupial the size of a young ...

To help the species survive after translocation, scientists need to learn what fungi the potoroo eats. In a new study, ...

A 13-million-year-old saber-toothed marsupial skeleton discovered during paleontological explorations in Colombia is the most complete specimen recovered in the region Leila Nilipour Recent ...

"In doing that, one of the challenges was trying to determine what they are eating and where those resources can be found." ...

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 sci-fi epic, Dune. Rather, it’s an enigmatic and tiny mammal ...

The Appearance of Marmosa Chachapoya The marsupial has a delicate body only four inches long, though its tail nearly doubles its overall length. Its reddish-brown fur provides camouflage in the dense ...

The mountain pygmy possum, a tiny nocturnal marsupial, was once known only from Ice Age fossils. Today, we know where its 2,000 remaining individuals are holding on. In 1895, deep within the limestone ...

DNA from animal droppings reveals where Gilbert's potoroo may survive, helping conservationists save Australia's rarest ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

A meat-eating marsupial the size of a plump dog with the tree-climbing prowess of a possum once roamed Australia's rainforests. Scientists say it's a new species of marsupial lion, which they've named ...

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