Last month, a Melbourne, Australia resident named Ayesha noticed her dog was barking up at her window. Following her dog’s ...

While the animal may be seen drooling or swaying, which can spark fear of rabies, opossums are extremely resistant to the ...

Genetic analyses have solved the riddle of where a marsupial mole fits on the tree of life: It’s a cousin to bilbies, bandicoots and Tasmanian devils.

Hidden beneath the dunes, a mysterious creature glides through the sand. This is not one of the giant worms of Arrakis in ...

The brush-tailed bettong once inhabited most of Australia, but these days it lives in a tiny fraction of its former range.

A new study has cast light on the extinction of many of Australia’s kangaroos, challenging beliefs that the world’s changing ...

Other genetic solutions are in development. Tadpole cannibalism has inspired a team at Macquarie University to engineer “Peter Pan” tadpoles, so called because the genes which allow them to grow up ...

There is only one animal on earth that poops cubes. How does it do this and is there any benefit? Read on to find out the ...

After four lynx were illegally released in Scotland, we take a look at previous instances of animals turning up in unexpected ...

Scientists are pioneering and refining three techniques in their attempts to revive lost and rare species: cloning, genetic ...

A New Hampshire senator, with help from a fifth grade class, is trying to make the Virginia opossum the Granite State's ...