Once thought as the least evolved of the mammals that roam our world, new research shows that marsupial evolution might actually be further along than even humans. This old bias towards the creatures ...

Around 100 million years ago, a remarkable evolutionary shift allowed placental mammals to diversify and conquer many cold regions of our planet. New research shows that the typical mammalian heater ...

A mini koala meandered through central Australia about 25 million years ago. The newly discovered species belonged to a community that contained the oldest known members of the koala family – and it ...

Marsupials may have richer social lives than previously thought. Generally considered loners, the pouched animals have a wide diversity of social relationships that have gone unrecognized, a new ...

An adorable but critically endangered species of marsupial is evolving to be more vulnerable to predators, going in the opposite direction to what scientists want it to in order to survive. These ...

Researchers explain the genomic and developmental basis of the patagium, the thin skin membrane that allows some mammalian species to soar through the air. People say "When pigs fly" to describe the ...

Marsupial moles are perhaps Australia's most bizarre mammals. Known as "itjaritjari" to the Indigenous Aṉangu people and featuring prominently in their tales, the marsupial mole is rarely observed, ...

Koalas are endangered in much of Australia now but in in the past there were multiple species living across the continent. The discovery of an ancient relative of the koala helps fill a 30 million ...

Flinders University fossil experts have unearthed more clues about why kangaroos and wallabies have endured to become one of ...

'Until now, there’s been no record of koalas ever being in the Northern Territory; now there are three different species from a single fossil site.' By Laura Baisas Published Sep 8, 2023 11:00 AM EDT ...

Sugar glider gliding through the air using its patagium, a thin skin membrane that allows some mammalian species to soar through the air. HOUSTON – (April 24, 2024) – People say “When pigs fly” to ...