Scientists in Australia have successfully produced the world’s first kangaroo embryo through in vitro ... many of Australia’s marsupial species are, including koalas and Tasmanian devils.

In a study published today in Nature, the team at the Crick investigated, for the first time, epigenetic changes in embryos of a marsupial, which diverged from eutherians 160 million years ago.

The research will help scientists learn more about how marsupial embryos grow because the class reproduces differently compared to other mammals. “Kangaroos have a very short pregnancy ...

Australia-based scientists said Thursday they had produced the world's first kangaroo embryo through in vitro fertilization and hailed it as a key step towards saving endangered marsupials.

And the country's iconic animals – koalas, wombats and kangaroos – are all marsupials. Kangaroo egg injected with sperm The experimental IVF process saw embryos produced by intracytoplasmic ...

Surveying DNA methylation in opossum embryos reveals that, in marsupials, such marks are retained. The genome is patterned with various ‘epigenetic’ modifications, which are biochemical ...

However, just because many marsupials live in Australia doesn’t mean they’re always thriving. A research team led by the University of Queensland in Australia has successfully produced the first ...

More information: Bryony J. Leeke et al, Divergent DNA methylation dynamics in marsupial and eutherian embryos, Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08992-2 Provided by The Francis Crick Institute ...