Picture the Australian wilderness at dawn: the soft glow of sunlight dances across gum tree leaves, a gentle breeze stirs, ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian ... pungent scent—were the only member of the "macropodoid" family that did not hop. "As the only living macropodoid that ...

Another impeccable example has come with the recent news that the red-tailed phascogale, a carnivorous native marsupial, has ...

a bush-dwelling marsupial weighing about the same as a loaf of bread. Musky rat-kangaroos are a distant ancestor of the larger kangaroo species that famously roam the country's outback. Researcher Amy ...

In the remnant rainforests of coastal far-north Queensland, bushwalkers may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a diminutive marsupial that's the last living representative of its family.

To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial ... of its family and part of ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian ... pungent scent - were the only member of the "macropodoid" family that did not hop. Musky rat-kangaroos are a distant ancestor ...

In the remnant rainforests of coastal far-north Queensland, bushwalkers may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a diminutive marsupial that’s the last living representative of its family.

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 ...