I found an adorable new creature to obsess over! Meet the yapok, also known as a "water opossum" - the only marsupial adapted to an aquatic lifestyle. They are cousins to the more familiar Virginia ...

Kangaroos are iconic Australian animals who have long been used as a symbol within the country to represent moving forward.

Marsupials are fascinating creatures with their own built-in pouches. These are animals like kangaroos, possums, and koalas. Although they are mammals, their pregnancies are super short, lasting ...

Pouches are particularly rare amongst male marsupials. Exceptions to the rule are extinct male thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers, and male water opossums. ADVERTISEMENT ...

A rare tree kangaroo born in The Bronx at the end of December has finally come out of the marsupial pouch. The tiny Matschie’s tree kangaroo, considered endangered by International Union for ...

Pouch or no Pouch Whether 'tis wiser ... Marsupials do not show the spectacular diversity of placental mammals. Australia has around 140 species of marsupials, many extinct or endangered. The only ...

She said wallabies are incredibly social and gentle creatures, often snuggling right into your hands when you pet them. The ...

Marsupials used to be considered an evolutionary stepping stone between egg-laying mammals called monotremes, such as platypuses, and placental mammals, such as humans, according to the new study.

3. Marsupial pouch. Marsupials are uniquely characterized by their pouches, with the term "marsupium" from Latin defining this feature. Among marsupials, newborn joeys emerge at a remarkably early ...

Many marsupials have a pouch which helps to protect the underdeveloped young while they are in this very vulnerable stage. But why marsupials developed this reproductive strategy is still not fully ...

Marsupial moles are also close relatives of the eastern barred bandicoot (shown). JJ Harrison (CC BY-SA 3.0) Bilbies and bandicoots do not look very much at all like their mole cousins.