Nature - Finding the gene that enabled some marsupial species to glide. A parachute-like skin membrane, the patagium, evolved independently in several marsupial species.

Surveying DNA methylation in opossum embryos reveals that, in marsupials, such marks are retained. DNA-methylation marks remain stable in early-stage opossum embryos. Skip to main content.

An ancient carnivorous marsupial relative named Thylacosmilus atrox had canines so massive that the roots wrapped over the top of the animal's skull. Jorge Blanco Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory ...

"We used bandicoots as a model to examine the radiation of marsupials relative to climate change through time. Bandicoots are the marsupial equivalents of rodents and rabbits that today occupy a ...

Extraordinary Fossil Find Reveals Details About the Weight and Diet of Extinct Saber-Toothed Marsupial. A 13-million-year-old saber-toothed marsupial skeleton discovered during paleontological ...

Marsupial moles are small, about the length of a pencil, and weigh between 40 to 70 grams. They have a tubular body, yellow hair and limbs that barely protrude from their sides.

Pound for pound, Australia's extinct marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) would have made mince meat of today's African lion (Panthera leo) had the two big hyper-carnivores ever squared off in a ...

Indigenous rangers in Australia’s Western Desert got a rare close-up with the northern marsupial mole, which is tiny, light-colored and blind, and almost never comes to the surface.