Quokkas, part of the Macropodidae family, resemble kangaroos, hopping around and carrying young in a pouch; they are also called short-tailed wallabies. A quokka weighs 2.5 to 5 kg (5.5 to 11 lbs) and ...

A row has erupted in south-west Western Australia over plans to log a forest that is home to a colony of quokkas. The quokkas live in the Arcadia Forest near Collie and are a rare example of the ...

Quokkas may take more than a decade to recover from a 2015 bushfire in Western Australia, according to new research. A quokka population nearly wiped out by a severe bushfire in Western Australia may ...

The discovery of a baby quokka in a fire-hit area of Western Australian has given hope to conservationists. Quokkas are small marsupials native to a small corner of south-western Australia and ...

Until recently, many people outside of Australia had never heard of the quokka, a Muppet-cute (despite its beady eyes and rat's tail) marsupial with an irresistible smile. But this week, people's ...

That Australia’s unique fauna are adorable is a fact plain to every child who’s ever dreamed of snuggling a koala or every grown-up who’s ever dreamed of boxing a kangaroo. Even the baby-eating dingo ...

A key quokka population on the West Australian mainland decimated by a bushfire has started to recover, with recent surveys finding numbers have surged. The 2015 Northcliffe fire in the state's ...

Not only is this lived knowledge that most innately understand, numerous studies have scientifically proven it as fact. And if there is one thing we could do with more of right now, it’s pure and good ...

Hey guys! I’m a quokka (rhymes with mocha). Though I may seem impossibly adorable, I am a real, naturally occurring phenomenon: a house-cat-sized macropod, which is a type of marsupial, from Western ...