Numbats—small, endangered marsupials that live in Australia—are at risk of overheating amid global warming, a new study finds. These striped mammals forage for termites, their primary food source, ...

The special fur that numbats evolved to conserve energy is now putting them at risk of overheating amid Australia’s increasingly hot temperatures. Numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus), which are unusual ...

Recovery for most threatened Australian mammal species is rarely about just rebuilding numbers. It’s also about reclaiming the range they formerly occupied. And that’s more true for the numbat – ...

Numbats are curious creatures. The only marsupials that are active solely during the day, when they scratch at soil and rotting logs for termites, these squirrel-sized animals are built to hoard body ...

Conservationists in Australia saw several young animals, including a set of quadruplets, from “one of the rarest mammals in the world,” photos show. Screengrab from video shared by Brad Leue / ...

In southeastern Australia, a series of young animal sightings — babies of “one of the rarest mammals in the world” — left conservationists stunned and excited. Photos show the fluffy animals which ...