Australia is home to more than 60 species of carnivorous marsupials in the family Dasyuridae. Almost a quarter of those have ...

Beyond the well-known elephants and tigers, the world teems with tiny mammals playing crucial roles. From the Etruscan shrew, ...

However, given how many rodents there are in Australia, I knew I couldn’t be the first ecologist to see one. The albino bush rat ( Rattus fuscipes ) I captured in the Otways. Photo: Darcy Watchorn.

In the desolate plains of southern Australia scampers a small creature with pointy ears, a silky tail, and a cream-colored belly that ecologist Steve Morton describes as “wonderfully beautiful ...

These small mammals have filled a niche in nature for at least the last ... Australia’s Bramble Cay melomys was declared extinct as recently as 2016 after rising sea levels gradually degraded ...

Australia listed a small wallaby and the grey snake among 15 new threatened species on Tuesday as it launched a zero-extinction plan for its unique wildlife.

Australia’s remarkable rodents. When most Australians think of rodents, they think of invasive species such as black rats or house mice (stinky pests sneaking around their homes). Many would be ...