The woylie, also known as the brush-tailed bettong, once roamed across much of Western Australia. Like kangaroos, the hopping ...

Researchers analyzing ancient fossils from caves across Western Australia have uncovered a completely new species of bettong ...

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 ...

A tiny marsupial species declared extinct decades ago may still be hopping around in the deserts of Australia — and a new study offers a potential roadmap for its rediscovery. The desert rat-kangaroo, ...

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 ...

Four endangered numbats, a type of marsupial, have been fitted with radio tracking collars ahead of their release into the wild, as part of a breeding program at Perth Zoo in Australia. Newly released ...

When fire swept across 95% of its habitat, a few handfuls of this already endangered marsupial endured. Here’s what we ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, ...

Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) along with the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) have been working together to help protect the world's rarest marsupial by ...

The desert rat-kangaroo — a small marsupial species — was declared extinct in 1994. But, scientists believe it could be alive and “evading detection,” according to a new study. Photo from Flinders ...

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