Scientists have been curious about how kangaroos evolved to hop with such efficiency. To investigate that, researchers turned to a sort of evolutionary second-cousin of the kangaroo, the musky ...

Members of the Mid Valley community had a hopping good time at the Valley Community Library on March 3 when two baby ...

It's part of a lineage that extends back to before kangaroos evolved their distinctive hopping gait. Unlike their bigger relatives, muskies can be seen out and about during the day, foraging in ...

To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only 500 grams but is ...

Kangaroos, closely related wallabies are the only large animals to hop upright on two legs A small musky rat-kangaroo, a bush-dwelling marsupial weighing about the same as a loaf of bread ...

It’s part of a lineage that extends back to before kangaroos evolved their distinctive hopping gait. Unlike their bigger relatives, muskies can be seen out and about during the day, foraging in ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say they may have found a clue to the mystery of why its bigger kangaroo cousins hop instead of walk. Kangaroos and ...