marsupial

Bogong moths are thought to help plants spread pollen and are also a key food source for the mountain pygmy possum, a critically endangered cave-dwelling marsupial.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Those skills were critical in helping rescuers to find marsupial survivors of bush fires.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

On an island just off the coast is one of the last surviving pockets of the world's rarest marsupial, the Gilbert's potoroo.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

That possibility challenges the simpler version of marsupial evolution, in which one ancestral group gave rise to the full diversity of Australian marsupials.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

So when a diprotodon, the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth, set eyes for the first time on this frail-looking ape, he probably gave it one glance and then went back to chewing leaves.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Scientists may never be able to fully reconstruct the routes that early marsupials took as they spread and evolved.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

"Whatever these things were, they seemed to be primitive compared to other marsupials at the time, and they seem to have been doing their own thing and surviving well enough alongside them," says Dr. Churchill.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

Yet despite their success, scientists still do not fully understand how marsupials diversified across Australia.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

This pattern fits seamlessly among other evolutionary oddities found in Australia, where marsupials reign and mammals lay eggs.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026

“She's a rottie. They're little marsupials who are misunderstood. Sweet Pea, this is Ella, and Ella, this is Sweet Pea.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton