An island off the coast of Australia has become a beloved tourist destination due to its adorable resident. Quokkas are small ...

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

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

The medium-sized, bushy-tailed, white-spotted nocturnal marsupials were set off into ... CREDIT: Aussie Ark They are considered extinct on the Australian mainland primarily due to disease ...

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 ...

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 ...