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

The kangaroo rat, a small rodent with remarkable adaptations, has captured the fascination of scientists and nature enthusiasts alike. This charming animal has unlocked the secret to surviving without ...

These adaptations often include physical ... allowing them to use oxygen more efficiently than other mammals at extreme elevations. Kangaroo Rats The Desert’s Water-Conservation Experts Kangoeroe-rat.

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

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 ...

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

An intriguing native Australian rat-kangaroo, thought to be probably extinct, may still be running around in the inhospitable remote Sturt Stony Desert -- and researchers have discovered new ...

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 ...

Officially, the ngudlukanta – also known as the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris) – is one of the many small Australian mammals lost to cats and foxes, but all hope is not gone.

There may be no truer a case of this than the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), known as the ngudlukanta to the traditional custodians of its Country of origin, the Wangkangurru ...