Marsupials are often erroneously thought to ... newsletter The Europe Morning Briefing and reports on Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. She is based in Melbourne, Australia.

How did these iconic marsupials become so distinct, and what invisible threads tie them together? Their world is stranger and more wondrous than most people ever imagine. The Marsupial Blueprint ...

we now know which genes make a marsupial's coat black or grey. Researchers from New Zealand's University of Otago -- ?t?kou Whakaihu Waka and Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research analysed brushtail ...

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 ...

The animals actually number in their millions and are adept survivors. However, many of their marsupial relatives are not as fortunate, and due to habitat loss, the development of roads ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...