A University of Queensland-led team has successfully produced the first kangaroo embryos via in vitro fertilization (IVF), a crucial jump towards saving other marsupial species from extinction. The ...

Which group of mammals has the more 'primitive' reproductive strategy -- marsupials, with their short gestation periods, or humans and other placental mammals, which have long gestation periods? For ...

Mammal evolution has been flipped on its head, according to new research that suggests marsupials are the more evolved mammals. By estimating how the common ancestor of mammals reproduced and ...

What is a marsupial? -- Reproduction and development -- Opossums of the Americas : cousins from a distant time -- Predatory marsupials of Australasia : bright-eyed killers of the night -- Bandicoots : ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 12, 2020) The herbicide atrazine can interfere with the health and reproduction of marsupials (including kangaroos and opossums) kangaroo, Virginia opossum, according to ...

“We are now refining techniques to collect, culture and preserve marsupial eggs and sperm.” John Rodger, a marsupial reproduction expert not involved in the study, tells the Guardian ’s Donna Lu that ...

Researchers exposed the adult female tammar wallabies to atrazine contaminated water throughout pregnancy, birth and lactation to help establish the extent of harm being caused by the chemical. They ...

Their complex reproduction has made it hard for scientists to apply the gene-editing tool—until now. Mice: check. Lizards: check. Squid: check. Marsupials … check. CRISPR has been used to modify the ...

A small golden animal with shovel-like claws swims through the red sand of Australia's central desert in pursuit of its supper. Over millions of years, it's lost its eyes, but it is still a fierce ...

What makes antechinus reproduction so unique? Sleep is essential for most creatures, but to these marsupials, mating is the priority. While a lack of sleep is known in humans to decrease health, mood, ...