News Too ugly for science …of Australia’s 331 mammal species, and found they broadly fell into three categories: monotremes and marsupials (the ‘good’) – with most studies focussed on physiology and anatomy; introduced mammals such…
Wildlife When possums go bump in the night …considered a tree-dweller, these adaptable creatures are also highly attracted to human houses. The biggest hidden housemate? Despite being the same size as a domestic cat, these lively, nocturnal marsupials…
Wildlife The cutest things that have happened in Australia this year so far …Zoo The feathertail glider is the world’s smallest gliding mammal, and Taronga Zoo in Sydney was the first zoo to ever breed the tiny marsupial. Read the original story 6….
History & Culture OPINION: Can we be Australian without eating indigenous food? …the fear of new foods, a concept introduced by psychologist Paul Rozin. And new they were. Giant marsupials that bounded across the landscape; limes shaped like fingers; flour – nardoo…
Destinations Rainforest to reef: Tropical North Queensland …in an attempt to spot the elusive marsupial. Ironically, it was only when we returned to Mark’s cabin that we saw one through the trees, resting on a high branch…
Adventure TNQ: Feel the heat …up to the top, all the while craning our heads in an attempt to spot the elusive marsupial. Ironically, it was only when we returned to Mark’s cabin that we…
Wildlife The world’s biggest cuckoos once roamed the Nullarbor Plain …finding two new species of tree-kangaroo. It takes a leap of imagination to envision today’s flat, treeless Nullarbor Plain covered in trees with large marsupials clambering about overhead. Clearly the…
Wildlife Eastern quolls edge closer to extinction – but it’s not too late to save them EASTERN QUOLLS – SMALL, fleet-footed and ferocious – are one of Australia’s few surviving marsupial predators. They were once so common in southeast Australia that when Europeans arrived the quolls…
Wildlife Tasmanian devils reared in captivity show they can thrive in the wild …is the last of the large marsupial carnivores. But the Tasmanian devil is listed as endangered and their population has declined by 80% over the past ten years. This is…
Wildlife The smelly canary in our cities …Jesse Hawley works as a Communications Advisor on CSIRO’s social media team. Outside of this role he’s a passionate science writer and illustrator, depicting subjects from marsupial lions to tummy…