Genetic analyses have solved the riddle of where a marsupial mole fits on the tree of life: It’s a cousin to bilbies, bandicoots and Tasmanian devils.

Hidden beneath the dunes, a mysterious creature glides through the sand. This is not one of the giant worms of Arrakis in ...

Brush-tailed bettongs once inhabited more than 60% of mainland Australia, but the species’ population size shrank by 90% ...

The brush-tailed bettong once inhabited most of Australia, but these days it lives in a tiny fraction of its former range.

A rare tree kangaroo born in The Bronx at the end of December has finally come out of the marsupial pouch. The tiny Matschie’s tree kangaroo, considered endangered by International Union for ...

Mammals with pouches, like kangaroos and koalas, have a radical evolutionary history that suggests they are "more evolved" than previously thought, a new study finds. Marsupials used to be ...

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

Being marsupials, the females have a pouch, but it has evolved to face backwards to stop it filling with sand. Even breathing is a challenge underground, so marsupial moles have also had to evolve ...

Like kangaroos, marsupial moles have a pouch, although it's upside down, presumably so that sand doesn't collect in the pouch as the mole swims forward through sand. Clark and some other ...