tree-kangaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several others. Macropods are native to Australia, New Guinea, and some nearby islands. Before the European settlement of Australia, about 65 species of ...

The only hopping animals with body masses over 500 grams are kangaroos ...

Some researchers have suggested a reliance on certain plants left some species susceptible to changes in climate. Our research, published in Science, indicates that for short-faced kangaroos ...

Larger male kangaroos are powerfully built. Like many species, male kangaroos sometimes fight over potential mates. They often lean back on their sturdy tail and “box” each other with their ...

A near perfect fossilised skeleton found in the South Australian desert has been the key to solving a 150-year-old megafauna mystery. Giant kangaroos known as Protemnodon were first described in ...

Tree kangaroos are found only in the rain forests of Australia, West Papua, and Papua New Guinea. Six of ten species are found in Papua New Guinea, in some of the last undisturbed rain forest ...

Musky rat-kangaroos are a distant ancestor of the larger kangaroo species that famously roam the country's outback. Researcher Amy Tschirn said musky rat-kangaroos—named for their pungent scent ...

Musky rat-kangaroos are a distant ancestor of the larger kangaroo species that famously roam the country's outback. Researcher Amy Tschirn said musky rat-kangaroos - named for their pungent scent ...

Observations also confirmed that musky rat-kangaroos are restricted to quadrupedal gaits even at very fast speeds. “There remains no evidence of hopping in this species. Even when travelling at ...

Observations also confirmed that musky rat-kangaroos are restricted to quadrupedal gaits even at very fast speeds. "There remains no evidence of hopping in this species. Even when travelling at ...