UNSW scientists have discovered new species of bizarre, extinct 'hammer-toothed' carnivorous marsupials that likely crunched snails in Australia's ...

Animals with ultraviolet color patterns can be found all over nature. Here’s what we know about what purpose these patterns ...

Human encounters with wildlife are becoming more common due to shrinking natural habitats and expanding human neighborhoods, says Rachel Smith, manager of Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control in Cedar ...

Getting Hit by Lightning Is Good for Some Tropical Trees Mar. 26 ... musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only 500 grams but is the ...

Introduced Trees Are Becoming More Common in the Eastern ... the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only 500 grams but is the ...

Despite their fearsome reputation, these endangered marsupials play a crucial ecological role in Tasmania’s ecosystem by cleaning carcasses and controlling introduced pest species. 2. Giant Coconut ...

The medium-sized, bushy-tailed, white-spotted nocturnal marsupials were set off into a preserve on the Scots College’s Bannockburn property near Nowra on along the southern coast of New South ...

Photographer Mick Wagey captured a rare moment in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, on April 7: an adorable cuscus was seen dangling from a tree branch in the daylight. The marsupial, typically nocturnal and ...

By comparing the sequence of nearly 1,000 genes from each species, the researchers built a family tree of the genus and then used biogeographical analysis to trace its origin to about 56 million ...