For the first time, scientists have been able to produce kangaroo embryos through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), an important ...

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 ...

The opossum is the only marsupial native to North America and can be found throughout the southern part of the United States.

Moreover, this duplicated haemoglobin gene is typically used in newborn mammals. The pouch of a marsupial is already a low-oxygen environment, so marsupial moles needed to evolve ways to avoid ...

Scientists in Australia have successfully produced the world’s first kangaroo embryo through in vitro fertilization, or IVF, ...

The brush-tailed bettong looks like a miniature kangaroo and, similarly, has a pouch where it keeps its young. But don’t be fooled, this small marsupial is not as adorable as it looks.

Learn more about how using IVF for conservation could help save marsupials from extinction.

Australia-based scientists said Thursday they had produced the world's first kangaroo embryo through in vitro fertilization and hailed it as a key step towards saving endangered marsupials.

Scientists hope breakthrough will help save endangered marsupial species such as koalas, Tasmanian devils and northern ...