Marsupials

An IVF breakthrough could prove crucial for some of Australia's most iconic species.

A kangaroo egg being injected.

A dozen endangered brush-tailed rock wallabies find a safe new home after an aerial rescue operation in the Warrumbungle National Park.  

Wildlife groups say thermal drone imagery has found more than a dozen koalas in an area that isn't recognised by the state's koala strategy.

Researchers from the University of Sydney undertook the task in the wake of the Black Summer bushfires, when they found there was a lack of data to be able to quantify the loss to the koala population.

New research from the University of Sydney shows the genetic diversity of koalas is declining, a sign that the species is under severe stress.

Something soft and cuddly on a bed can be a welcome sight if that something is inanimate, like a pillow — but in the early hours of Wednesday morning an Adelaide couple were forced to contend with a friendly, if unexpected, intruder.

A unique collaboration in south-east Queensland will introduce one-way escape hatches so the marsupials can travel to their breeding spots without doubling back into traffic.   

When researchers aren't in the field, they roll "hundreds and hundreds" of bait balls with the secret ingredient of bacon to lure the endangered marsupial into traps.

As few as 120 Gilbert's potoroos remain in the wild, so when two new animals were found on Middle Island off the WA coast, it was a cause for celebration. 

The possums were hand picked by ecologists on Kangaroo Island on the basis of their chances of survival in the sanctuary.

Dozens of possums are making a new home in Central Australia after being flown hundreds of kilometres from Kangaroo Island, as ecologists seek to re-establish a brushtail population in the Red Centre.

The tiny new brush-tailed rock wallaby arrivals were discovered by elated rangers during an annual check as part of a breeding program at the Barrington Wildlife Sanctuary on the New South Wales Mid North Coast.

The state's Conservation Regulator launches a probe after the bodies of dozens of adult and juvenile kangaroos are found scattered across land near Bendigo.

The "marsupial lion" Thylacoleo emerging from its den.

A genetic map of the bilby could help us understand how many of the elusive species are still alive and how to combat inbreeding.

Claude the leaf thief is back for more and it seems there is no stopping this brazen koala — now stealing his booty in broad daylight and bringing his mates to munch.

Koalas are easy to identify, but really hard to spot. To help conserve the species, citizen science is being used on a national scale for the first time to collect important information on koala numbers, habitat and health.

Just over a decade ago, an outback cattle station worker in the NT stumbled across a rare diprotodon fossil sticking out of the red soil. Now fondly known as Shirley, scientists have discovered how old the marsupial is.

In March, Ipswich City Council quietly approved a housing plan, which will see almost 2,000 homes built on native bushland. A resident has now penned a letter to nature broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, inviting him to visit the forest on his next Australian tour.