For some, happiness is getting enough sleep. But for a small marsupial in Australia, sex is a higher priority than getting some shut-eye — and it is willing to sacrifice hours of it daily to reach its ...

Male antechinuses live through just a single, extremely intense mating season. So to maximize their chances at sex, these little carnivorous marsupials waste as little time on sleep as possible, new ...

Every year, antechinus marsupials get it on until the males all drop dead. Researchers classified two new species of Dusky Antechinus, mouse-like creatures that engage in suicidal reproduction, and ...

There is such a thing as fatal attraction, especially if you're a small mammal in Australia. Researchers have discovered "suicidally-sexed marsupials" that mate so frequently and constantly that they ...

Researchers recently gave the world the gift of knowing that somewhere (in Queensland, Australia) there are two more types of a creature that are so totally committed to having sex forever that they ...

Two chubby marsupial species that would literally die for sex (albeit 14-hour sessions) have been discovered Down Under, researchers now report. The new species are types of antechinus, a bristly ...

Scientists from the Queensland University of Technology have discovered a new species of marsupial from Australia, which quite literally mates itself to death. In the mating season, the Tasman ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The bristly, sex-crazed antechinus has two previously unknown species in its family, a new study ...

The dusky antechinus is endangered -- and not only because all the males die from the stress of having too much sex every year. Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the serious and silly sides of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Marsupials are anything but a boring group of mammals. Kangaroos ...