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New Fossil Koala Species Identified in Western Australia

The peer-reviewed study links its late-Pleistocene extinction to a collapse of eucalypt forests.

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New Fossils Reveal Toothed Platypus With Strong Bite in Ancient Australian Lakes

Century-Old Skull Confirms Giant Echidnas Once Lived in Victoria

Study Finds Naked Mole-Rat Queens Can Hand Over Power Peacefully

Rare 'Cloud Jaguar' Photographed in Honduras for First Time in a Decade

First Mammal-Ancestor Egg Found Confirms Lystrosaurus Laid Eggs

Arnhem Land Rock Art Shows Thylacines and Devils Possibly Under 1,000 Years Old

Platypus Fur Reveals Hollow Pigment Structures Previously Seen Only in Birds

Study Quantifies Spinal Mechanics That Let Cats Land on Their Feet

Oxford Study Finds Hedgehogs Hear Ultrasound, Pointing to Potential Road-Safety Deterrents

Two ‘Extinct’ Marsupials Confirmed Alive in New Guinea, One Placed in New Genus

Two Marsupials Thought Extinct Found Alive in New Guinea, One Placed in a New Genus

India to Fly In 8 Botswana Cheetahs to Kuno on Feb. 28, Lifting Count to 46

Agouti Gene Linked to Shifts in Paternal Care in Mice

Elephant Trunk Whiskers Use Built-In Material Gradients to Pinpoint Touch, Study Finds

Science Study Reveals 'Material Intelligence' in Elephant Trunk Whiskers

Argentina Confirms Second Wild-Born Jaguar in Chaco as Federal Probe Examines Missing Cubs in Misiones

Study Finds Spitzbergen Polar Bears Heavier as Local Population Holds Steady

Svalbard Polar Bears Fatten Even as Sea Ice Shrinks, Study Finds

PeerJ Study Triples Andean Oreoryzomys Species, Confirms Oreoryzomys Hesperus in Peru Sanctuary