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NPR reported

Researchers have probed the genetics of one of Australia’s most elusory animals, the marsupial mole.

The marsupial mole, an elusive creature that swims through the sands of remote Australian deserts, seems to have suffered an abrupt population crash about 70,000 years ago, possibly due to climate change.

Read on www.npr.org/2025/01/01/nx-s1-5243367/dna-reveals-secrets-of-australias-elusive-marsupial-mole