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

These marsupials have stocky bodies with thick ... of about 3 inches from the birth canal to the mother’s rear-facing pouch, where they compete to attach themselves to one of only four available ...

The marsupial is one of Australia's rarest and ... "And the female that we caught actually had a little pouch young. In early August, teams from DBCA, Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal ...

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

Australia’s mammals are particularly unusual. Most of them are marsupials, meaning they give birth to live young and raise them in a pouch. When Australia became isolated, these marsupials filled the ...

Young was hiking with a friend on Tasmania’s Maria Island when the pair spotted a wild local resident in the bush off their ...

Just like their marsupial relatives, female opossums, called jills, carry joeys in their pouches. From opposable toes to an ability to feign death in an instant, discover the most fascinating ...

Three newfound thylacine relatives recently unearthed in Australia suggest that marsupial predators were ... carried its young in a pouch like its kangaroo cousins, and hunted kangaroos, small ...

the only marsupials native to North America. "Most of the baby opossums that are here now they're mothers were hit by cars, and they were still found in the pouch." said Hentz. If you find an ...