Marsupial embryos pump up early on
DUKE (US) — Not only is the marsupial unusual in the way the embryo grows outside the mother’s womb, it also develops in a different order than virtually every other vertebrate animal. “The limbs are...
View ArticleWhiskers’ key role in reptile-mammal split
U. SHEFFIELD (US) — New research comparing rats and mice with marsupials suggests moveable whiskers were an important milestone in the evolution of mammals from reptiles. Using high-speed digital video...
View ArticleFor Tasmanian tiger, genetic fate loomed
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — The Tasmanian tiger had the same or even less genetic diversity than its close relative, the Tasmanian devil. The findings, published in the journal PLoS One, offer insights into...
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Forelimb bones reveal how predators hunt
An attempt to label the thylacine’s hunting style has led to a new classification system that can predict the hunting behaviors of mammals from measurements of just a few forelimb bones. The extinct...
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This critter’s jaws were strong enough to eat little dinosaurs
An early marsupial relative that lived alongside ferocious dinosaurs had—pound-for-pound—the strongest bite force of any mammal ever recorded. The study in Nature Communications suggests mammals were...
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Team digitally reconstructs Tasmanian tiger’s brain
The last known Tasmanian tiger died in 1936, but scientists are getting a fresh look at the extinct animal’s brain architecture and wiring by scanning preserved brains to create a digital...
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‘Genetic rescue’ brings cute marsupials back from the brink
The mountain pygmy possum, an endangered marsupial from Australia, is in the midst of a comeback, thanks to researchers using a technique called “genetic rescue.” Using the technique, Andrew Weeks of...
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Scientists sequence extinct Tasmanian tiger’s genome
Using techniques never imagined when the last Tasmanian tiger died in the Hobart Zoo in the last century, scientists have sequenced the marsupial’s entire genome. For Andrew Pask, associate professor...
View ArticleMarsupial embryos pump up early on
DUKE (US) — Not only is the marsupial unusual in the way the embryo grows outside the mother’s womb, it also develops in a different order than virtually every other vertebrate animal. “The limbs are...
View ArticleWhiskers’ key role in reptile-mammal split
U. SHEFFIELD (US) — New research comparing rats and mice with marsupials suggests moveable whiskers were an important milestone in the evolution of mammals from reptiles. Using high-speed digital video...
View ArticleFor Tasmanian tiger, genetic fate loomed
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — The Tasmanian tiger had the same or even less genetic diversity than its close relative, the Tasmanian devil. The findings, published in the journal PLoS One, offer insights into...
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Forelimb bones reveal how predators hunt
An attempt to label the thylacine’s hunting style has led to a new classification system that can predict the hunting behaviors of mammals from measurements of just a few forelimb bones. The extinct...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This critter’s jaws were strong enough to eat little dinosaurs
An early marsupial relative that lived alongside ferocious dinosaurs had—pound-for-pound—the strongest bite force of any mammal ever recorded. The study in Nature Communications suggests mammals were...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Team digitally reconstructs Tasmanian tiger’s brain
The last known Tasmanian tiger died in 1936, but scientists are getting a fresh look at the extinct animal’s brain architecture and wiring by scanning preserved brains to create a digital...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Genetic rescue’ brings cute marsupials back from the brink
The mountain pygmy possum, an endangered marsupial from Australia, is in the midst of a comeback, thanks to researchers using a technique called “genetic rescue.” Using the technique, Andrew Weeks of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Scientists sequence extinct Tasmanian tiger’s genome
Using techniques never imagined when the last Tasmanian tiger died in the Hobart Zoo in the last century, scientists have sequenced the marsupial’s entire genome. For Andrew Pask, associate professor...
View ArticleOpossums don’t like snow but have invaded N. Dakota
New research documents ongoing northward range expansion of the common Virginia opossum—and one unlucky opossum in particular. This individual opossum was first spotted in a suburban Grand Forks, North...
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3D scans explore baby Tasmanian tigers too rare to dissect
Using 3D scanning, researchers are peeking under the preserved skin of Tasmanian tiger specimens to reconstruct their growth and development. Given that only a few specimens remain of the extinct...
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Cute quolls could ‘learn’ not to taste poison toads
Speeding up natural selection in order to save small carnivorous marsupials called northern quolls could have big implications for saving endangered species around the world. Researchers have released...
View ArticleWhiskers’ key role in reptile-mammal split
U. SHEFFIELD (US) — New research comparing rats and mice with marsupials suggests moveable whiskers were an important milestone in the evolution of mammals from reptiles. Using high-speed digital video...
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