communist kangaroos Watch the first 10 minutes of the Communist Kangaroo film Thom Dunn

wombat Watch a wombat-sized research robot burrow into marsupial holes Thom Dunn

d6 Why wombat poop is shaped like a cube Clive Thompson

tasmanian tigers New sighting of a thylacine, a thought-to-be-extinct carnivorous marsupial Mark Frauenfelder

extinct animals Newly discovered c.1933 footage of the extinct Tasmanian Tiger (thylacine) David Pescovitz

quokka Australia is only a horrifying natural death trap so it can balance out the adorableness of the quokka Thom Dunn

trash panda Human and opossum are best friends Xeni Jardin

quoll You probably need more baby quolls in your life Andrea James

koala Koala baby won't let go of mom while she undergoes surgery. Both survived being hit by a car. Xeni Jardin