A Long Island animal rescue shelter is calling the recent seizure of a wallaby on Coney Island “the tip of the iceberg” and is building a marsupial rescue center in anticipation of more such exotic ...

Bettongs may be small, but these Australian natives can crush hard nuts that would snap the jaws of much larger animals.

BOSTON, Mass. (AP) — An animal welfare group in Massachusetts is finding new homes for more than 40 sugar gliders, a type of marsupial, after they quickly started to reproduce and overwhelmed their ...

Researchers analyzing ancient fossils from caves across Western Australia have uncovered a completely new species of bettong ...

Scientists from a "de-extinction company" and the University of Melbourne are working to save the northern quoll from a toxic predator by altering its genes, New Scientist reported. The endangered ...

When fire swept across 95% of its habitat, a few handfuls of this already endangered marsupial endured. Here’s what we ...

Baylor College of Medicine researchers, not content to map the genetic code of the most Texas of animals -- the cow -- are about to turn their attention to the quintessential Australian animal: the ...

Long a staple of nature documentaries, the somewhat bizarre development of a grub-like pink marsupial embryo outside the mother's womb is curious in another way. Researchers have found that the ...

The diverse way in which nonhuman animals (animals) live is fascinating and we're constantly learning more and more about interesting patterns of behavior. One such recent discovery centers on the ...

A Sugar Glider looks up while another steals its food at the Night Safari at the Singapore Zoo on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 in Singapore. (Wong Maye-E/AP) An animal welfare group in Massachusetts is ...