Researchers have found evidence of a previously unknown branch of the marsupial family tree, a discovery that could reshape our understanding of how Australia's unique mammals evolved. Published in ...

Marsupial moles are perhaps Australia's most bizarre mammals. Known as "itjaritjari" to the Indigenous Aṉangu people and featuring prominently in their tales, the marsupial mole is rarely observed, ...

Around 100 million years ago, a remarkable evolutionary shift allowed placental mammals to diversify and conquer many cold regions of our planet. New research from Stockholm University shows that the ...

Fossils from Riversleigh in north-west Queensland have revealed a previously unknown lineage of insect-eating marsupials called Keeunamorphia. The discovery helps fill a major gap in Australia's ...

Rogue teeth found in an outback fossil deposit have turned decades of thinking on marsupial evolution "on its head", researchers say. Teeth and jaw fragments from Riversleigh in north-west Queensland ...