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

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

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.

There is only one animal on earth that poops cubes. How does it do this and is there any benefit? Read on to find out the ...

A New Hampshire senator, with help from a fifth grade class, is trying to make the Virginia opossum the Granite State's ...

Marsupial moles, elusive Australian mammals, are confirmed as true marsupials closely related to bilbies and bandicoots.

Marsupial moles are perhaps Australia's most bizarre mammals. Known as "itjaritjari" to the Indigenous Aṉangu people and featuring prominently in their tales, the marsupial mole is rarely ...

She has been writing about fashion, parenting and pop culture for more than 15 years. Getty A small marsupial species has been saved from near-extinction thanks to the ongoing work of a ...

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 found only in the deserts of Australia – the marsupial mole. There are two ...

In a world-first, scientists have unearthed the genetic secrets of Australia’s elusive southern marsupial mole. Native to Australia’s north-western deserts, marsupial moles are known as wonders of ...

The DNA behind its distinctive traits Southern marsupial moles, which are found in Australia’s central deserts, possess a plethora of strange features: they have non-functioning eyes that are ...

Marsupial moles are perhaps Australia's most bizarre mammals. Known as "itjaritjari" to the Indigenous Aṉangu people and featuring prominently in their tales, the marsupial mole is rarely ...