New research on the feeding habits of the desert rat-kangaroo could help locate the possibly extinct species, with ...

The desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), a small, hopping marsupial believed to be extinct since 1994, may still be hiding in the vast and harsh Sturt Stony Desert of Australia.

A tiny marsupial species declared extinct decades ago may still be hopping around in the deserts of Australia — and a new ...

An intriguing native Australian rat-kangaroo, thought to be probably extinct, may still be running around in the inhospitable remote Sturt Stony Desert -- and researchers have discovered new ...

The desert rat-kangaroo, thought extinct, may still exist in the Sturt Stony Desert. Research on its skull biomechanics reveals it likely consumed softer foods, contrary to previous beliefs.

The ridges are known as kaluts. In the Lut Desert some are up to 155 m high and their ridges can be followed for more than 40 km. The wind also strips hard rocky outcrops bare of soil, which leaves ...

“Finetuning the search through understanding the animals’ diet better might just resurrect the little desert survivor…” Mitchell said. Specifically, scientists mentioned the Sturt Stony ...

This small, possibly extinct marsupial from the inhospitable Sturt Stony Desert may have had a solid skull built for hard biting. But not enough to bite through the kinds of foods biologists used ...