Learn how researchers used mass spectrometry of collagen to successfully identify some of Australia's megafauna.

Scientists have successfully mapped the genome of the Tasmanian tiger, an extinct marsupial native to Australia that was last ...

Scientists may be a few steps closer to resurrecting a long-extinct carnivorous marsupial known as the Tasmanian tiger. Colossal Biosciences, a company known for its genetic research to "de ...

The species was declared locally extinct in 2016 and last recorded in the wild more than a century ago, wildlife officials ...

For the first time in Queensland’s history a conservationist group will release 150 bilbies into the wild near Cunnamulla.

Researchers developed collagen peptide markers to identify three extinct Australian megafauna genera, a hippo-sized wombat, a ...

The desert rat-kangaroo — a small marsupial species — was declared extinct in 1994. But, scientists believe it could be alive and “evading detection,” according to a new study. Photo from ...

When a Leadbeater’s possum photobombed a camera trap inside New South Wales’ Kosciuszko National Park recently, researchers were left stunned.

A tiny marsupial species declared extinct decades ago may still be hopping around in the deserts of Australia — and a new study offers a potential roadmap for its rediscovery. The desert rat ...