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A marsupial in Australia will sacrifice sleep for sex, before dying and being eaten by its mate, say scientists
If humans were to extend their waking hours in the same way, that would cause a loss of focus that …
Marianne Guenot
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A critically endangered rat-sized marsupial that looks like a mini kangaroo is returning to parts of Australia for the first time in a century
The creatures were nearly wiped out from Southern Australia over the past 150 years due to habitat …
Hannah Getahun
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A San Francisco zoo thinks a 50-pound mountain lion that ran loose through the city killed 2 of its wallaroos and a kangaroo
San Francisco police said the mountain lion was captured safely, miles from the zoo, and was found …
Michelle Mark
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Photos of a koala hospital in Australia show just how devastating recent bushfires have been for the iconic marsupial
So far, the wildfires have ravaged about 12.35 million acres of land, killing nine people and destr…
Irene Jiang
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This Video Of A Platypus Getting Tickled Is Sweeping The Internet
The platypus is endemic to eastern Australian. The animal is a genetic grab-bag, recognized for its…
Dina Spector
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This Video Of A Platypus Getting Tickled Is Sweeping The Internet
The platypus is endemic to eastern Australian. It's recognized for its strange combination of featu…
Dina Spector
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These Marsupials Spend About A Month Having Sex And Die Right After
During breeding season they mate the most of their day, and one reproductive encounter can last up …
Kelly Dickerson
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Police ticketed a man who was walking the Coney Island boardwalk with a wallaby, which they confiscated
Wallabies are prohibited in New York City, as are marsupial relatives like the Tasmanian devil, kan…
Katie Balevic
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The 'World's Ugliest Lawn' winner says the animals that visit every day 'think it's beautiful'
An Australian woman won the "World's Ugliest Lawn" competition, promotes water conservation. She sa…
Katie Balevic
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An ancient missing continent was finally rediscovered 155 million years after it vanished
Researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands think they have uncovered the mysterious landm…
Marianne Guenot
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Beachgoers rescued a wallaby from crocodile-infested waters in Australia after it got chased into the ocean by a dog
A trio of beachgoers worked to pull the "disoriented" wallaby out of the waters at Trinity Beach in…
Natalie Musumeci
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Beachgoers rescued a wallaby from crocodile-infested waters in Australia after it got chased into the ocean by a dog
A trio of beachgoers worked to pull the "disoriented" wallaby out of the waters at Trinity Beach in…
Natalie Musumeci
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Astronomers are baffled after spotting strange cosmic flares that have 10 billion times more power than the sun
Astronomers spotted at least 14 irregular and highly energetic bursts in deep space, each lasting o…
Marianne Guenot
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Alexei Navalny is amusing himself by demanding a kangaroo, nunchucks, and a bottle of moonshine from his penal colony wardens
Navalny, a political opponent of Putin serving 11-and-a-half years in a Russian penal colony, said …
Kelly McLaughlin
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A woman discovered a wild possum hanging out in her Christmas tree after hearing it 'sneeze' while she was home alone
Brett Ingram told Business Insider that the wild possum was holding onto her Christmas tree "very t…
Maria Noyen
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Kangaroo ran free in Louisiana after parrot figured out how to unlock his enclosure door, report says
Baxter, a kangaroo, spent the day hopping along Louisiana highways after Thor, a parrot, unlocked t…
Joshua Zitser
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Geologist Marie Tharp mapped the ocean floor and helped solve one of science's biggest controversies
In the 1950s, geologist Marie Tharp turned depth measurements into detailed maps of the ocean floor…
Jenny McGrath
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Video shows kangaroos being evacuated to safety from Ukrainian zoo after their closures were 'repeatedly shelled'
While the kangaroos appear to have been rescued, other animals at the zoo in the besieged city of K…
Waiyee Yip
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Strange animal fossils helped scientists discover a long-lost continent called 'Balkanatolia'
Fossil records show the land once hosted distinct species like marsupials and hippo-like mammals, b…