News Aussie carnivores were weird and wonderful …for marsupial predators “placental chauvinism,” on the part of Northern Hemisphere academics. “It’s a long standing problem,” he says. “I think they have pouch envy.” It was believed that marsupials…
News Should we be reintroducing rare marsupials to the wild? While reintroducing a rare marsupial to its original ecosystem is a worthwhile objective, one scientists argues that a better understanding of these rare marsupials biology and diets should come first….
News Giant marsupial ‘Mukupirna’ discovered half a century after it was first dug up …the teeth of lungfish, carnivorous marsupials and ringtail possums, flamingo bones, turtle fragments, crocodile teeth and most bizarrely, the teeth of a new kind of freshwater dolphin,” Mike recalls. Related:…
Wildlife The controversial history of the marsupial lion MARSUPIAL LIONS weren’t really lions, but an extinct species of marsupial with lengthened premolar teeth. I’ve recently published a colonial history of the scientific identification and naming of the species…
Wildlife Why we need a better appreciation of our native rodents AUSTRALIA IS SO famous for marsupials that its rodents go under-appreciated, even though they outnumber marsupials across much of the continent, come in many shapes and sizes and occupy numerous…
News Doggone it: Tassie tiger skull most similar to wolves, not other Aussie marsupials …because it had a pouch, it was a marsupial, but it evolved to be very dog-like,” lead author Dr Axel Newton said. “We expected that they would start to become…
News How did giant, tree-climbing 'drop bears' grow so BIG in Australia? …(tree dwelling) mammals known from Australia. Nimbadon belongs to a diverse group of long extinct, large-bodied marsupials known as diprotodontoids, the likes of which include the largest marsupial to have…
News Remains of bizarre snail-eating marsupial found AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS have discovered the fossilised remains of a unique family of carnivorous marsupials that lived 15 million years ago. The fossils of the ancient marsupial, which appears to have…
News Tiny marsupial lion named after Sir David Attenborough THE FOSSIL REMAINS of a new, tiny species of extinct marsupial lion have been unearthed in north-western Queensland. The new species, which would have prowled the lush rainforests of northern…
History & Culture Turning toxins to therapies: the wild world of researching venom RESEARCHING VENOM can be a hazardous pursuit. Ask Associate Professor Bryan Fry. This Brisbane-based molecular biologist has been bitten 27 times by venomous creatures, mostly snakes on land and box…
