When night falls in the Australian Outback, the hunt begins. The prey: kangaroos roaming – hopping – in the wild. Rifle shots ...

Prehistoric kangaroos in Australia had adaptable diets, aiding resilience to climate change but not preventing extinction.

This important study of regulatory elements and gene expression in the craniofacial region of the fat-tailed dunnart shows that, compared to placental mammals, marsupial craniofacial tissue develops ...

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 observed, ...

From Australia's scorching desert heart to pristine rainforests in the north, we'll meet the biggest and the smallest marsupials, the rarest and the most successful as we journey to see the Wonder of ...

Marsupials have split from placental mammals about 120–180 million years ago. If marsupials had functional brown fat and its thermogenic protein, it would suggest that the organ existed before ...

Marsupial and placental mammals diverged from a common ancestor more than 100 million years ago, and have evolved independently ever since. The two groups have different modes of reproduction, yet ...

The opossum — commonly called a possum in North America (though the term technically refers to marsupials native to Australia) — is a helpful addition to habitats across Southern Ontario and ...

From Australia's scorching desert heart to pristine rainforests in the north, we'll meet the biggest and the smallest marsupials, the rarest and the most successful as we journey to see the Wonder of ...

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 ...

Life is short and sex-centered for the genus Antechinus. Six months after they’re born, the small, carnivorous marsupials reach adulthood. For five more months, they gain weight that they’ll ...

When night falls in the Australian Outback, the hunt begins. The prey: kangaroos roaming – hopping – in the wild. Rifle shots ring out, killing them by the millions, including hundreds of ...