But for a small marsupial in Australia ... Scientists based in Australia have found that mouse-sized male antechinus trade sleep to leave more time for reproductive activities during mating ...

During the breeding season, time is not on a male antechinus’s side. These carnivorous marsupials, which resemble a mousy shrew, have just three weeks to mate with as many females as possible.

For the uninitiated, antechinus are a grouping of mice-like marsupials, which carry 15 equally cute species in their ranks. Like all marsupials, and unlike us placentals, their babies are born even ...

and the mouse-sized antechinus has its busy sex life. These small Australian marsupials will sacrifice multiple hours of sleep every night during their fast and furious mating season to make more ...

Antechinuses are little marsupials about the size of gerbils with a bizarre reproductive system: the males have sex until they die from organ failure. There are 15 species of Antechinus all with ...

There are 15 different species of antechinus, with most living in hollow trees and resembling mice. What truly sets them apart from many other rodents and marsupials though, is their habit of ...

"We want to determine if sleep deprivation is experienced by other family members, such as opossums, antechinus (marsupial mice) and Tasmanian Devils," Gaschk said. "Virginian opossums (Didelphis ...

Utterly fabulous, but mad. Another weirdo you may not have heard of is the antechinus, a small mouse-like marsupial found in the nation’s forests. They may look like your everyday small furry ...

“We want to determine if sleep deprivation is experienced by other family members, such as opossums, antechinus (marsupial mice) and Tasmanian Devils,” Mr Gaschk said. “If male Northern ...

The antechinus looks a lot like a mouse: cute whiskers, long tail, round Mickey Mouse-shaped ears. But it’s no rodent. It’s a tiny marsupial, one that survives Australia’s wildfires by ...