Scientists have been curious about how kangaroos evolved to hop with such efficiency. To investigate that, researchers turned ...

In the remnant rainforests of coastal far-north Queensland, bushwalkers may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a ...

Musky rat-kangaroos are a distant ancestor of the larger kangaroo species that famously roam the country's outback ...

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 the ...

Research suggests that early macropodoids likely adopted a bounding gait before transitioning to bipedal hopping. Small ...

Scientists stalking a small marsupial through a remote Australian rainforest say they may have found a clue to the mystery of ...

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

Although declared extinct in 1994, people claim to have seen desert rat-kangaroos since, and analysis of their museum ...

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

Is rat sibling rivalry a real thing? When watching this video at first glance, you might think competing over food is typical behavior for rats as pets. However, the truth is a bit more muddled than ...

Referred to as the “Kangaroo Route,” this is no ordinary point A to point B journey. Taking four days, it includes layovers in Darwin, Singapore, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Karachi, Cairo and ...