Bennett's tree kangaroos, one of Australia's most mysterious marsupials, have long eluded researchers. Our new study, published in Australian Mammalogy today, has achieved a breakthrough ...

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 ...

Tree kangaroos, which live high up in the tall rainforest trees of New Guinea and Australia, are usually very hard to spot ...

Millions of years ago, as the Indo-Australian plate pushed into the Pacific plate, a volcanic arc of islands began to emerge ...

While the tree kangaroo is related to the land kangaroo found in Australia, it has shorter, wider hind feet and a longer, narrower tail than its cousin. The tree kangaroo's heavy, curved claws ...

The Woodland Park Zoo is set to introduce a new exhibit aimed at promoting forest conservation and raising awareness about vulnerable and endangered animals.

Macropods are marsupials belonging to the family Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several others. Macropods are native to Australia ...

Margit Cianelli, a wildlife caregiver in Atherton, Queensland, works on her computer with Dobby, a rescued Lumholtz’s tree kangaroo. Unlike their earthbound cousins, tree kangaroos have strong ...