Marsupials

The Tasmanian tiger is extinct. The only specimens are in museums, but it’s amazing what five thylacine skulls can still tell us

New research is using genomes from living thylacine relatives to build a new, chromosome-scale genome for the de-extinction of the Tasmanian tiger

The reality of bringing back the Tasmanian tiger from extinction using its genome is now a step closer, but how will science make it happen?

New insights into the development of the dunnart – or marsupial mouse – provide a model animal to study other unique Australian fauna and could aid conservation efforts

The Tasmanian tiger and wolf evolved similar genetic blueprints and lifestyle strategies, generating similar skull shapes even at the puppy stage, finds a new study

New research shows atrazine, a herbicide banned in the EU but widely used in Australia, causes abnormalities in marsupial genitalia

The swamp wallaby, an iconic Australian marsupial, has accomplished an incredible reproductive feat as the only mammal known to be pregnant and lactating throughout the female’s entire adult life

Through a molecular quirk, two distant mammalian cousins evolved to look more like twins finds new research

Camera traps are amazing tools that allow researchers to peek into the lives of shy marsupials, but sometimes the animals they ‘capture’ are surprising

Using 3D scanning, researchers are peeking under the preserved skin of Tasmanian tiger specimens to reconstruct its growth and development