Deep in the mountain forests of western New Guinea, the Tambrauw people have long spoken of a dark-furred cuscus that holds ...

Hidden beneath the dunes, a mysterious creature glides through the sand. This is not one of the giant worms of Arrakis in Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic, Dune. Rather, it’s an enigmatic and tiny mammal ...

Deep in the rainforests of Papua, Indonesia, two marsupial species that scientists believed had been extinct for roughly ...

The bandicoot was extinct in the wild in 1991, but the marsupial has now been “bred for survival” and will be released across ...

The Appearance of Marmosa Chachapoya The marsupial has a delicate body only four inches long, though its tail nearly doubles its overall length. Its reddish-brown fur provides camouflage in the dense ...

The new marsupial species were found in northern and central Australia Australian scientists have made a surprising discovery that gives long-term hope to the survival of the marsupial species.

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

A meat-eating marsupial the size of a plump dog with the tree-climbing prowess of a possum once roamed Australia's rainforests. Scientists say it's a new species of marsupial lion, which they've named ...

The largest marsupial to ever walk the Earth is also the only marsupial known to have ever migrated seasonally. Diprotodon optatum was a gigantic wombatlike herbivore that lived in what’s now ...

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 ...

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