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A tiny marsupial is upending ideas about the origins of flying mammals

Sugar gliders and bats are about as distantly related as any two mammals on Earth, but new Princeton research shows their wings are formed from the same genetic ingredients. 




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Elbows of extinct marsupial lion suggest unique hunting style

Scientists from the Universities of Bristol and Málaga have proposed that the long extinct marsupial lion hunted in a very unique way - by using its teeth to hold prey before dispatching them with its huge claws.

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  • Paleontology & Archaeology

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New tiny species of extinct Australian marsupial lion named after Sir David Attenborough

The fossil remains of a new tiny species of marsupial lion which prowled the lush rainforests of northern Australia about 18 million years ago have been unearthed in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area of remote north-western Queensland.

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  • Paleontology & Archaeology

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Newfound marsupial males often drop dead after sex

Two chubby marsupial species that would literally die for sex (albeit 14-hour sessions) have been discovered in Australia.




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'Extinct' marsupial rediscovered after 100 years

The crest-tailed mulgara was once a common sight in New South Wales deserts before other predators edged it out of the habitat.




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Kaluta research confirms marsupial dies after mating

A tiny male marsupial dies in the wild after "intense" mating and not from the harsh, arid environment in which it lives, research confirms.




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Sex-charged marsupial under threat in south-east Queensland habitat, due to lower rainfall

An endangered marsupial known for mating itself to death disappears from one of its most prominent Queensland habitats.




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A Marsupial Robot Is What You Need in an Explosive Situation

Flying a drone indoors is risky business. But a new kind of robot combines a tracked vehicle and a tethered quadcopter to explore things like decommissioned chemical plants.




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Design and testing of a marsupial/companion robot prototype for a powered wheelchair