Three newfound thylacine relatives recently unearthed in Australia suggest that marsupial predators were more widespread in ...

The animal was a thylacine, more commonly known as a Tasmanian tiger. Thousands of the predator called the island home when ...

Just 400 northern hairy-nosed wombats remain in the wild, and conservationists say the new videos signal the critically ...

The menacing marsupials allegedly cause thousands of injuries across Australia each year, although this will generally only occur if they sense danger to themselves or their offspring.

A koala has been spotted ambling through an Australian small-town food store, briefly clambering out of the trees to take a peek at the day's groceries.

For decades it was believed Australia's native dingoes originally migrated from Thailand or India. A new study challenges ...

Three new ancient species of Tasmanian tigers have been discovered in Australia. Now extinct, these newly uncovered marsupials include one with a jawbone that would have allowed it to crush its ...

Discover interesting facts about where the Tasmanian tiger lived, what it ate, why and when it went extinct, and whether we could ever bring one back. What its species name means: Thylacinus ...

Australia has added 750 new species of plants, animals, fungi and other organisms to its official list of species living on ...

SYDNEY, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Australia said on Wednesday it had given ... which are small rabbit-like marsupials with long floppy ears, Plibersek said. Over two stages of development, the project ...

Tasmanian tigers are a group of extinct marsupials called Thylacines that roamed New Guinea, the Australian mainland, and Tasmania about 23 to 25 million years ago during the late Oligocene Epoch.