Swamp wallaby females can remain pregnant through their entire adult lifetimes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Swamp wallabies have two uteruses, so they can conceive a new baby before birthing another, scientists have discovered. Female swamp wallabies are usually get pregnant again two days before giving ...

The swamp wallaby’s pregnancy lasts for about 38 days, after which it gives birth to a tiny, hairless, and blind joey that weighs only about one gram.

March 4 (UPI) --The female swamp wallaby, native to eastern Australia, is the only mammal that remains pregnant for the entirety of adulthood, according to a new study. Like kangaroos, wallabies ...

An ultrasound image of a swamp wallaby fetus at day 29 of gestation, approximately 1 day before birth. By this point of the pregnancy, many females have conceived again, creating a second, much ...

The swamp wallaby is the only mammal that is permanently pregnant throughout its life according to new research about the reproductive habits of marsupials. Unlike humans, kangaroos and wallabies ...

Whatever evolutionary benefit exists to the swamp wallaby’s unusual reproductive strategy remains to be seen. After all, being pregnant all the time isn’t exactly a hop in the park. —Susanne ...

Female kangaroos and wallabies are known to use both of their uteruses, but the swamp wallaby uses both at the same time. By Veronique Greenwood Kangaroos and wallabies don’t reproduce the way ...

The swamp wallaby does not have this constraint, allowing for indefinite pregnancies throughout its reproductive life. Kangaroos and other wallabies also have two uteruses, but they are not used ...

Unique reproductive strategy in the swamp wallaby. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2020; 201922678 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1922678117 Cite This Page : ...

Pregnancy can sometimes feel like it lasts forever, but for an Australian marsupial called a swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor), pregnancy truly never ends.