Northern and southern marsupial moles are so rare that a sighting in the wild can make headlines, as people marvel over its lush golden fur and flipper-like front feet.

GREENFIELDBOYCE: Still, Clark and some other colleagues recently teamed up with biologists in Australia. They took genetic samples from a single museum specimen, a dead female southern marsupial mole.

In Australia, there's a little critter known as the marsupial mole. It has lush, golden fur. It is blind. It has flipper-like front feet so it can swim through desert sands. And it is not easy to ...

In Australia, there's a little critter known as the marsupial mole. It has lush, golden fur. It is blind. It has flipper-like front feet so it can swim through desert sands. And it is not easy to find ...