is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that once roamed Australia (including the island of Tasmania) and New Guinea. Tasmanian ...

The Virginia opossum is North America’s only marsupial (a mammal that carries its young in a pouch) and is native to the southern U.S. However, it’s been staging an invasion into Canada ...

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 ...

The northern marsupial mole, or kakarratul, lives in one of the most remote parts of the nation and is so elusive that authorities don't even know how many there are. The palm-sized creatures have ...

The thylacine earned its nickname of Tasmanian tiger for the stripes along its back - but it was actually a marsupial, the type of Australian mammal that raises its young in a pouch. The group of ...

Szalay, Frederick S. and Trofimov, Boris A. 1996. The Mongolian Late CretaceousAsiatherium, and the early phylogeny and paleobiogeography of Metatheria. Journal of ...

Now, a team of researchers has announced the discovery of the thylacine’s earliest-known ancestors: heavy-metal marsupials with jawbones so tough the animals could eat bones and teeth.

In the remote Queensland outback, a marsupial bigger than a mouse but smaller than a rat scampers inconspicuously among the shrubbery, across dry, red dirt. With a pointy nose and plenty of ...

FD&C Yellow 5 absorbs blue light strongly, which yields its characteristic orange-to-red color when dissolved in water. This happens because the blue part of the light is absorbed, leaving only ...

A lovable marsupial is the inspiration for the Australian jeweller’s latest limited edition creation – just 3 pieces will be available ...

Met Éireann has issued a status yellow rain warning for six counties as heavy showers hit the west coast. The warning for counties Donegal, Cork, Kerry, Galway, Leitrim and Mayo willl come into ...