Rather, it's an enigmatic and tiny mammal found only in the deserts of Australia—the marsupial mole. There are two related ...

As the only marsupial apex predator that lived in modern times, it played a key role in its ecosystem, but that also made it unpopular with humans. European settlers on the island in the 1800s ...

Marsupials are evolving at a more advanced rate than other mammals like humans, despite pre-existing notions that they are more primitive, according to a new study published April 28. The peer ...

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 ...

Marsupials may have richer social lives than previously thought. Generally considered loners, the pouched animals have a wide diversity of social relationships that have gone unrecognized, a new ...

"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 ...

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 ...

The marsupial mole, an elusive creature that swims through the sands of remote Australian deserts, seems to have suffered an abrupt population crash about 70,000 years ago, possibly due to climate ...