"Working on marsupials continues to amaze and surprise us. They're often the odd one out, but it's this characteristic that means they reveal so much about biology in the more common mammals ...

Flying squirrels and snakes glide between trees ... Sugar gliders are native to Australia and New Guinea. These small marsupials glide through the air with a membrane between their front and ...

such as bats or flying marsupials. The fossil was discovered in the Inner Mongolian region of China. The rock beds it was found in date to at least 125 million years ago to the Mesozoic Era, a time ...

Researchers say they hope to use the information they’ve gathered to help with the conservation of other more threatened marsupial species. The success of this procedure was a long time coming.

That’s why the true identity of Australia’s most enigmatic and cryptic mammal, the marsupial mole, has been called into question for decades. The two fit-in-your-hand Notoryctes species are ...

In the 18th century, fossilized pterosaur wings were misidentified as the paddles of marine creatures and, in the 19th century, as the wings of giant flying marsupials. Today, scientists know that ...

“One reason that they should become our state marsupial is that they show resilience, just like our New Hampshire citizens. They are strong, they work hard, and they're even helpful,” fifth ...

The year is 2015. “Mad scientist” Doc Brown has just brought wide-eyed teenager Marty McFly to the future in style: aboard a flying DeLorean. Although the time travelers are out of place ...

In a world-first, scientists have unearthed the genetic secrets of Australia’s elusive southern marsupial mole. Native to Australia’s north-western deserts, marsupial moles are known as wonders of ...

Bats, experts in sustained flight, come to mind. But other mammals, such as flying squirrels, colugos and three species of marsupial are skillful gliders. A team of American researchers has taken ...

An international team of researchers — including one from the University of Western Australia — have unlocked the secret behind why some of the planet’s cutest critters can fly. The ...