Queensland scientists have discovered two more species of suicidally-sexed marsupials and one is already destined for the threatened list. Queensland University of Technology's (QUT) Dr Andrew Baker ...

Two chubby marsupial species that would literally die for sex (albeit 14-hour sessions) have been discovered Down Under, researchers now report. The new species are types of antechinus, a bristly ...

The mouse-sized marsupial famed for its mighty mating until it dies has now been observed eating its own dead. Antechinuses are carnivorous marsupials well-known for suicidal sex sessions where all ...

Every year, antechinus marsupials get it on until the males all drop dead. Researchers classified two new species of Dusky Antechinus, mouse-like creatures that engage in suicidal reproduction, and ...

Associate Professor Andrew Baker from QUT School of Biology and Environmental Science said antechinuses are carnivorous marsupials well-known for suicidal sex sessions where all males die after the 1 ...

The sex life – or more precisely, death – of the antechinus was already a gory affair. And it just got grislier. The male carnivorous marsupials copulate so fiercely their bodies fall apart and their ...