Since the late 1800s, koala numbers have declined dramatically, but it is not only their numbers that are disappearing. A ...

Two new species of extinct, snail-eating marsupials with unique hammer-like teeth have been uncovered in Australia's ...

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

It turns out that a shocking number of mammals can glow in the dark. Shine a blacklight on a mob of Australian animals and ...

Understandably, this has generated a lot of “Jurassic Park”-like excitement, and the press coverage has been intense. One ...

A runaway kangaroo named Sheila shut down a stretch of interstate in Alabama on Tuesday before state troopers and the ...

Learning more about how Venus’ evolution diverged from Earth’s may help us understand how other planets formed. Q: Do kangaroos have bellybuttons? They do not. Nor does any marsupial ...

Paabo, meanwhile, was developing new ways of extracting DNA from preserved specimens of extinct organisms, including moas (a giant flightless bird) and marsupial wolves. Others in Wilson's lab ...