Mammal evolution has been flipped on its head, according to new research that suggests marsupials are the more evolved mammals. By estimating how the common ancestor of mammals reproduced and ...

Around 100 million years ago, a remarkable evolutionary shift allowed placental mammals to diversify and conquer many cold regions of our planet. New research shows that the typical mammalian heater ...

Kangaroos are iconic Australian animals who have long been used as a symbol within the country to represent moving forward. All four species are herbivores who roam around grazing on grass and leaves.

Kangaroos, koalas and other marsupials are even weirder than we give them credit for. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Mammals ...

Scientists have mapped the genetic composition of a marsupial mammal, the South American gray, short-tailed opossum, gaining insight into the role of "junk DNA" in human evolution and into immune ...

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land on the next tree. Many groups of mammals seem to have taken this evolutionary advice to heart. According to our newly published paper in Science ...

Biochemical ‘DNA methylation’ marks are found across the genome in vertebrate animals, but in the early embryos of placental mammals, such as mice and humans, they are largely erased in a ‘system ...

Marsupials may have richer social lives than previously thought. Generally considered loners, the pouched animals have a wide diversity of social relationships that have gone unrecognized, a new ...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Genomics and Evolution, The University of Melbourne Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land on the next tree. Many groups of mammals seem to have taken this ...