Females have twice as many copies of some genes as males do – and exactly how different species manage this imbalance has puzzled scientists for decades.

Each year, hungry plant-eating animals do billions of dollars of damage to valuable plants. We need prevention methods that don’t involve killing them.

The Marsupial Microbiome Poop Troop collects the droppings of wild marsupials to help save the lives of orphaned joeys.

We found three previously unknown species of mulgaras hiding in museum collections – but all three have been driven to extinction since European colonisation of Australia.

Contributors to the WomSAT website have already reported more than 23,000 wombat sightings. We can use the data to cut the risks to wombats – and anyone with a smartphone can help.

Despite their solitary lifestyle, wombats are at risk from a disease that spreads via their burrows.

The tiny, mouse-like planigales are some of the smallest marsupials around – and there are two more species of them than anybody realised.

Brain samples of a thylacine that died in 1880 in Berlin were kept safe by researchers for decades. Now, they have finally been analysed.