The animal kingdom is made up of millions of species, many of which seem very unusual and may make people wonder how, or why, the animal evolved the way it did. Within the animal kingdom, most ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have revealed insight into why embryos erase a key epigenetic mark during early ...

Surveying DNA methylation in opossum embryos reveals that, in marsupials, such marks are retained. The genome is patterned with various ‘epigenetic’ modifications, which are biochemical ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have revealed insight into why embryos erase a key epigenetic mark during early ...

From Australia's scorching desert heart to pristine rainforests in the north, we'll meet the biggest and the smallest marsupials, the rarest and the most successful as we journey to see the Wonder of ...

In a study published today in Nature, the team at the Crick investigated, for the first time, epigenetic changes in embryos of a marsupial, which diverged from eutherians 160 million years ago.

From Australia's scorching desert heart to pristine rainforests in the north, we'll meet the biggest and the smallest marsupials, the rarest and the most successful as we journey to see the Wonder of ...

Jerrinja tribal leader Ron Carberry conducted a Welcome to Country as the animals examined their new home. A Welcome to Country is delivered by Traditional Owners or Indigenous peoples who have been ...

Life is short and sex-centered for the genus Antechinus. Six months after they’re born, the small, carnivorous marsupials reach adulthood. For five more months, they gain weight that they’ll ...