“The brush-tailed phascogale leads a short, fast life. After mating in late autumn to early winter, the male perishes. As he ...

Kangaroos are iconic Australian animals who have long been used as a symbol within the country to represent moving forward.

I found an adorable new creature to obsess over! Meet the yapok, also known as a "water opossum" - the only marsupial adapted ...

A touching reunion of a koala mother and her joey at an animal hospital after the pair were cruelly separated by a traumatic ...

Australia has an abundance of creatures found nowhere else in the world and among them many species of animals with pouches, ...

When most people think of Australia, kangaroos are one of the first things that come to mind. They’re more than just animals– ...

See how opossum moms support their joeys through every stage of life with strength, care, and an incredible maternal instinct ...

This unique behaviour had never been observed before, it’s also some of the first evidence for paternal care in the species.” ...

The word “marsupial” typically evokes a kangaroo or perhaps a koala, something furry and warm-blooded that protects its babies in a pouch. But a surprising variety of creatures have evolved ...

Marsupials are fascinating creatures with their own built-in pouches. These are animals like kangaroos, possums, and koalas. Although they are mammals, their pregnancies are super short, lasting ...

Marsupials with backward-facing pouches are usually big-time diggers, like wombats and Tasmanian devils. Their backward-facing pouches protect their little ones from getting pelted with dirt and ...

Notoryctes are true marsupials instead of some not-quites, the researchers confirm January 1 in Science Advances. Their pouch faces backward, probably helpful when mom is almost swimming forward ...