Palorchestes azael was an unusual marsupial herbivore. It had retracted nasal bones on the skull, which means it could have had a small trunk like that of tapirs. Carli Peters of the Universidade do ...

Bandicoots, a group of tiny nocturnal creatures once considered extinct, are back from the brink and making strides toward ...

A newly identified "ghost" species of marsupial – closely related to the kangaroo – may already be extinct, according to new research. Researchers discovered a completely new species of bettong as ...

The exciting discovery of three new species of a small Australian marsupial has been tempered by the sad fact that each of the newly identified species of mulgara is likely already extinct. The Curtin ...

A new marsupial species closely related to the kangaroo was discovered in Australia, but it might already have gone extinct. Scientists, including those from the Curtin University, found the new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eastern quolls primarily eat insects, small mammals, birds, and reptiles. Jerrinja tribal leader Ron Carberry conducted a Welcome ...

Australia-based scientists said Thursday they had produced the world's first kangaroo embryo through in vitro fertilization and hailed it as a key step towards saving endangered marsupials. The ...