The gray short-tailed opossum has been a subject in behavioral and biomedical studies for the last quarter century, but researchers know little about its preferred diet. The authors describe a study ...

Led by researchers from Harvard and MIT, a team of scientists sequenced the DNA of the gray South American short-tailed opossum -- the first marsupial to have its genome sequenced. Marsupials are ...

Scientists have mapped the genetic composition of a marsupial mammal, the South American gray, short-tailed opossum, gaining insight into the role of "junk DNA" in human evolution and into immune ...

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) have succeeded in creating the first genetically engineered marsupial. This study, published in the scientific journal Current ...

Monodelphis domestica bags the first marsupial genome. Such a small creature for so great an honour: the grey short-tailed opossum is the first marsupial to have its genome fully sequenced, joining a ...

Habitat: Ripping the heads off insects in Uruguay, south-east Brazil, south-east Paraguay and central and northern Argentina To anyone who has watched a wildlife documentary or gone on safari, ...

Humans aren't the only creatures that prefer to use one hand over the other. Now, a new study finds that marsupials that run about on all fours have paw preferences, too. In particular, sugar gliders ...

This week researchers unveiled the genomic sequence of the gray short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica . If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by ...

Unlike the cliche, familiarity doesn't seem to breed contempt. It breeds indifference instead. Why else would we take so little interest in one of the most fascinating of Alabama's wildife - the ...

Modern mammals, including humans, evolved not so much by inventing new genes, but by redeploying existing ones – with a surprising assist from genetic elements usually derided as mere junk. Genome ...

Humans aren't the only creatures that prefer to use one hand over the other. Now, a new study finds that marsupials that run about on all fours have paw preferences, too. In particular, sugar gliders ...