Once teetering on the edge of extinction, a tiny sand-dwelling marsupial is staging an inspiring comeback across Australia.

Scientists have discovered a new species of miniature marsupial frog in the Peruvian Amazon that carries its young in a ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of miniature marsupial frog in the Peruvian Amazon that carries its young in a ...

The marsupial frog and Wollumbin hip-pocket frog are the only two Australian frog species known to show parental care. And ...

The fat-tailed dunnart is native to Australia’s arid scrublands and largely unknown outside of science. It may also be the key to saving some of the continent’s most endangered species.There is an ...

"Its forests may shelter yet more hidden relics of a past Australia." Scientists discover marsupial species thought to have ...

It's obviously not often that scientists get good news regarding regionally extinct creatures. Once an animal has been seemingly wiped from its natural home, the window of opportunity for saving it in ...

A meat-eating marsupial the size of a plump dog with the tree-climbing prowess of a possum once roamed Australia's rainforests. Scientists say it's a new species of marsupial lion, which they've named ...

The ampurta, a blond or brown guinea pig-sized marsupial, is distinctive for its short, fat tail that becomes a black mohawk ...

Most modern marsupials are pretty cute and cuddly—koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, sugar gliders and even some types of possums are pretty sweet. But the ancient marsupial lions are far from ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...