Four endangered numbats, a type of marsupial, have been fitted with radio tracking collars ahead of their release into the ...

Ancient collagen preserved in the bones of extinct Australian mammals is revealing their evolutionary relationships, leading to some surprises.

A sleepy koala may seem worlds apart from a giant Ice Age predator, but scientists have uncovered the first molecular ...

The numbat - a small and little-known Australian marsupial - is one of the world's most endangered animals. But conservationists are working hard to save them by building vast, predator-free ...

It's obviously not often that scientists get good news regarding regionally extinct creatures. Once an animal has been seemingly wiped from its natural home, the window of opportunity for saving it in ...

Contrary to the docile koalas, the mythical drop bears are described as unusually large and vicious marsupials in Australian ...

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 ...

Long a staple of nature documentaries, the somewhat bizarre development of a grub-like pink marsupial embryo outside the mother's womb is curious in another way. Researchers have found that the ...

If the holiday stress is getting to you, you might take a cue from Teacup the opossum, Prairie Park Nature Center’s mellow ...

The ferocious Marsupial lion ruled the plains of Australia around 45,000 years ago THE FIRST complete skeleton of the terrifying Marsupial lion reveals the huge predator was an adept hunter that got ...

Scott Mitchell pleaded no contest to charges related to an expired license for his pet kangaroo, which escaped its enclosure.

THE FIRST complete skeleton of the terrifying Marsupial lion reveals the huge predator was an adept hunter that got around with the help of a strong tail. Weighing up to 100-kilos, the extinct ...