Mammal evolution has been flipped on its head, according to new research that suggests marsupials are the more evolved mammals. By estimating how the common ancestor of mammals reproduced and ...

A small golden animal with shovel-like claws swims through the red sand of Australia's central desert in pursuit of its supper. Over millions of years, it's lost its eyes, but it is still a fierce ...

Deep in the rainforests of Papua, Indonesia, two marsupial species that scientists believed had been extinct for roughly 6,000 years are alive. A pygmy long-fingered possum and a ring-tailed glider, ...

All living marsupials — such as wallabies, kangaroos and opossums — all originated in South America, a new genetic study suggests. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

High-energy hoppers Hopping does not help Australian marsupials save energy, instead the physical feat requires the aerobic capacity of a super-athlete, research shows. The new view of marsupial ...

Koalas may be the pickiest marsupials around: They evolved to feed almost exclusively on the leaves of Eucalyptus trees, and they are highly selective when it comes to which species and even which ...

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 ...

What makes a marsupial, a marsupial? A discussion on the historical biogeography and biological evolution of marsupial mammals. Dr. Robert Voss is a professor at Richard Gilder Graduate School and the ...

Though I don't blog about the topic with the breadth and depth of individuals such as Brian Switek or Darren Naish I do take some interest in natural history. This is the domain which was my original ...

Dinosaurs 'He began to cry, and almost fell to the floor': The fluffy fossil that finally showed the world that birds are dinosaurs Birds 'I'm more hopeful that birds can endure than maybe even our ...