marsupial Archives

Kangaroo teeth redraft ancient Queensland

A study of prehistoric kangaroo teeth has painted an unexpected picture of a lush, tropical southern Queensland.

Climate change, not human activity, drove Australia’s megafauna to extinction, says Dr Stephen Wroe.

Fossils have shed light on a wombat-like creature that once lived in Australia’s rainforest canopies.

An ethically challenging conservation technique may help save an endangered species.

Conservationists are celebrating the return of an enigmatic marsupial, previously thought extinct.

The Leadbeater’s possum, Victorian state fauna emblem, is under serious threat of extinction.

New populations of the critically endangered mountain pygmy possum have scientists excited.

An innovative new project is using evidence from the fossil record to help save the mountain pygmy possum from climate change.

The AG Society has launched a huge fundraiser to help one of Australia’s most threatened marsupials.

Sightings of the strange little desert creatures are so infrequent that we know virtually nothing about them.