New research led by Flinders University argues thick tooth enamel helped kangaroos chart an unconventional evolution story, ...

New research led by Flinders University argues thick tooth enamel helped kangaroos chart an unconventional evolution story, compared to the animals of ...

Researchers have uncovered genetic elements that drive the rapid development of marsupials’ facial features. The study in fat-tailed dunnarts, native to Australia, is published today in eLife as the ...

A new Flinders University study reveals kangaroos evolved thick tooth enamel as a unique adaptation to grazing, unlike tall-toothed hoofed mammals elsewhere. Fossil and X-ray analyses show this ...

To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only 500 grams but is the ...

The distinctive coloured fur of two of Australia's rarest marsupials could be caused by 'broken' pigment genes, new research from La Trobe University has found. The elusive desert-dwelling marsupial ...