Palorchestes azael was an unusual marsupial herbivore. It had retracted nasal bones on the skull, which means it could have had a small trunk like that of tapirs. Carli Peters of the Universidade do ...

A sleepy koala may seem worlds apart from a giant Ice Age predator, but scientists have uncovered the first molecular ...

The marsupial mole, an elusive creature that swims through the sands of remote Australian deserts, seems to have suffered an abrupt population crash about 70,000 years ago, possibly due to climate ...

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In Australia, there's a little critter known as the marsupial mole. It has lush, golden fur. It is blind. It has flipper-like front feet so it can swim through desert sands. And it is not easy to find ...

Contrary to the docile koalas, the mythical drop bears are described as unusually large and vicious marsupials in Australian ...

Meet the mad marsupial who has so much sex he dies from stress before being cannibalized by other males so they can keep going. Antechinuses are carnivorous marsupials who have suicidal sex sessions ...