The study is a fascinating and encouraging reminder of that most beloved and quotable parable in biology: that life, uh, ...

The first is what we generally call a woylie: Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi, a living species found in Western Australia. The ...

Learn more about the new research that suggests that the woylie, a marsupial, may be more than one species.

A new species of a native bushland marsupial—closely related to the kangaroo—has been discovered but is already likely ...

Researchers discovered a completely new species of bettong as well as two new subspecies of woylie while analyzing fossils.

Scientists discovered a new marsupial species and woylie subspecies, but extinction threatens their fragile survival.

A tiny marsupial species declared extinct decades ago may still be hopping around in the deserts of Australia — and a new study offers a potential roadmap for its rediscovery. The desert rat-kangaroo, ...

Palorchestes azael was an unusual marsupial herbivore. It had retracted nasal bones on the skull, which means it could have had a small trunk like that of tapirs. Carli Peters of the Universidade do ...

New marsupial species discovered in Australia could already be extinct - Examining fossils alongside genetic tools can offer ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, ...

The first vaccine to protect endangered koalas from chlamydia has officially been approved in Australia. The vaccine was ...

The desert rat-kangaroo — a small marsupial species — was declared extinct in 1994. But, scientists believe it could be alive and “evading detection,” according to a new study. Photo from Flinders ...