The significance of this 110-year-old discovery is that the head contained ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules, which carry the ...

The defenseless marsupial was nearly wiped out by invasive species. Now rescuers are pinning hopes on a remnant island population By Abigail Tucker Landing in Australia, the British colonists ...

One of those, the northern hairy-nosed wombat, is critically endangered. During wildfire season in Australia, other species have been known to shelter in fireproof wombat burrows — not herded ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say they may have found a clue to the mystery of why its bigger kangaroo cousins hop instead of walk. Kangaroos and ...

Photo from Flinders University A tiny marsupial species declared extinct decades ago may still be hopping around in the deserts of Australia — and a new study offers a potential roadmap for its ...

Wombats are furry, nocturnal marsupials found only in Australia. Baby wombats have recently been in the news after an American influencer filmed herself snatching a young joey from its mother ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say they may have found a clue to the mystery of why its bigger kangaroo cousins hop instead of walk. Kangaroos and closely ...