Scientists have discovered a new species of miniature marsupial frog in the Peruvian Amazon that carries its young in a natural pouch on its back, a research institute reported Wednesday. The new ...

A lawyer for the Trump administration during arguments at the Supreme Court leaned hard on his claim that so-called birth tourism is strong evidence that the U.S. policy of automatically giving ...

Birth tourism has become big business, as concierge services and others rake in cash assisting foreigners who want to have their babies in the U.S. The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments ...

This isolation, combined with a diverse range of habitats and shifting global temperatures, tipped evolution on a unique trajectory. Now Australia is home to a high percentage of species that are ...

When marine biologist Shane Gero spotted a plume of blood spreading across the water where a group of sperm whales had gathered in the Caribbean, he feared the worst — injury to one of the whales, ...

Not long ago, Australia’s ampurta, also known as the crest-tailed mulgara, hung on the precipice of extinction. Now, a new study has mapped its dramatic resurgence. This small marsupial increased its ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) – A woman gave birth while standing in a Mobile, Alabama, parking lot Sunday morning, and a nearby crew of firefighters left a fire scene they were working to help. A man rushed ...

This opossum is carrying nine young on her back. With the temperature moderating in New Hampshire, many people are noticing opossums re-appearing in their neighborhoods. Something Wild co-host Grace ...

President Donald Trump is pushing Congress to pass a sweeping election‑security bill that would require proof of citizenship to vote — raising new questions for Americans who don’t have easy access to ...

The pygmy long-fingered possum uses its specialized ears and long digits to hunt for grubs in rotting wood. Carlos Bocos / T.F. Flannery et al., Records of the Australian Museum, 2026 Two marsupial ...

Field researchers call them “Lazarus taxa,” species once presumed extinct that suddenly appear to have risen from the dead. And scientists have found one more—a marsupial thought to have disappeared ...

The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, two marsupials believed to have died out thousands of years ago, are still alive in Papuan Indonesia. When you purchase through links on our ...