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 ...

In a world-first, scientists have unearthed the genetic secrets of Australia’s elusive southern marsupial mole.

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The elusive marsupial mole, native to Australia's deserts, is revealed through recent genomic studies. New DNA technologies have unraveled their unique adaptations for a subterranean lifestyle, ...

but studying their genome allowed the team to show that this adaptation came to be through the gradual loss of the genes ...

Researchers have probed the genetics of one of Australia's most elusory animals, the marsupial mole. DNA reveals secrets of Australia's elusive marsupial mole The marsupial mole, an elusive ...

The marsupial mole, an elusive creature that swims through the sands of remote Australian deserts, seems to have suffered an abrupt population crash about 70,000 years ago, possibly due to climate ...

The marsupial mole, an elusive creature that swims through the sands of remote Australian deserts, seems to have suffered an abrupt population crash about 70,000 years ago, possibly due to climate ...