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 ...

A musky rat-kangaroo in the Atherton Tablelands, Queensland. Photo by Amy TschirnTo understand why kangaroos hop - a rarity ...

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

“The musky rat-kangaroo, as the most primitive living ... Even when travelling at high speeds, muskies always use quadrupedal gaits, never rearing up on just their back legs,” says Harvard ...

The evolutionary history of kangaroos, which are the only hopping animals with body masses greater than 5kg, cannot be understood without considering ...

In the remnant rainforests of coastal far-north Queensland, bushwalkers may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a diminutive marsupial that's the last living representative of its family.

Experts say that there is one food source that gardeners should be offering to birds in their gardens in spring time ...

As well as the benefits of free on-site childcare, for Liz and husband David in France, their set-up has allowed them to create their ... but felt trapped in the "rat race", working busy nine-to-five ...