Australia is home to some of the world’s most unique and fragile wildlife. Among them is the Gilbert’s potoroo – a small, ...

There are hundreds of species of frog in the world, each with unique and wondrous features that set it apart from others like ...

A Virginia opossum with a big personality and an even bigger fan base finally has a name—Cosmos! After receiving more than 10 ...

Long-nosed potoroos are roughly rabbit-sized marsupials with “ long and tapering ” noses, according to the Australian Museum. They are generally “solitary” and live in “highly-fragmented populations ...

Australia's most endangered marsupial and rarest marsupial in the world, the Gilbert's potoroo, is back thanks to 30 years of ...

Wombats are a solitary and pudgy nocturnal marsupial. They live in Australia's grasslands and eucalyptus forests in burrows and tunnels that they dig with their claws. Little blue penguins are ...

According to the study's results, the mole's closest living relatives are two small nocturnal marsupials, the bandicoot and the bilby, What's more, genetic evidence suggests that the population of ...

As soon as its meal was munched, the possum climbed up to hide in the rafters. This nocturnal marsupial, native to Australia, is widespread and locally abundant. Its long, sharp claws are made for ...

They took genetic samples from a single museum specimen, a dead female southern marsupial mole. It turns out the mole's closest relatives are two small, nocturnal marsupials, the bandicoot and the ...