There are so many koalas in some places that food is the issue – while elsewhere populations are threatened by habitat loss. And there are no easy fixes ...

Marsupials are a group of mammals that encompass many of Australia's most iconic animals, unique because of their ...

An orphaned rufous bettong joey named Mr. Bean is being raised by wildlife ranger Riley Tydeman after being thrown from his ...

The AMNH identifies 70 new species in 2025 after reviewing decades of collections, while their habitats disappear without ...

I love a double-decker pouched animal duo, like this mama and baby potoroo pair we featured a few years ago chowing down on ...

In the early 1980s, a small group of scientists and conservationists faced a dark realization. The northern hairy-nosed ...

New research could help conserve the world’s rarest marsupial. New findings from (ECU) could strengthen efforts to safeguard one of the planet’s rarest marsupials. The Gilbert’s potoroo, a critically ...

Marsupials are a group of mammals that encompass many of Australia's most iconic animals, unique because of their geographically isolated evolution ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the full skeleton of the predatory, prehistoric animal known as the “marsupial lion” which roamed Australia thousands of years ago. Using recently ...

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 ...

Fur is a defining characteristic of mammals, coming in a wide variety of colors and patterns -- thanks to a world-first study, we now know which genes make a marsupial's coat black or grey. Fur is a ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...