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

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

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 ...

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

The marsupial is one of Australia's rarest and most endangered, with as few as 120 remaining in the wild. A population of one of Australia's rarest and most endangered marsupials is slowly ...

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.

Three newfound thylacine relatives recently unearthed in Australia suggest that marsupial predators were more widespread in ancient Australia than previously thought. Scientists have identified a ...

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.

In the midst of Australia’s biodiversity crisis ... I set about researching and writing a book about marsupials. The arts and sciences are inherently creative pursuits — both create and ...

a wolf-like marsupial was living in the Beaumaris Zoo. It was the last of its kind, and on Sept. 7, 1936, the animal died from suspected neglect, according to the National Museum Australia.

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.