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 ...

Although declared extinct in 1994, people claim to have seen desert rat-kangaroos since, and analysis of their museum jawbones could assist the search to find them.

When it comes to how hard an animal can bite, size always matters. There may be no truer a case of this than the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), known as the ngudlukanta.

The endangered San Bernardino kangaroo rat will have new protections aimed at recreating its habitat under a new settlement.

Texas kangaroo rat species is closer to being named an endangered species The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service first identified the unique rodent as needing protection more than 40 years ago.

The Santa Cruz kangaroo rat, more closely related to chipmunks and gophers than kangaroos or rats, had not been spotted in the area since the 1940s.

The Santa Cruz kangaroo rat, more closely related to chipmunks and gophers than kangaroos or rats, had not been spotted in the area since the 1940s.

The "critically imperiled" Santa Cruz kangaroo rat hadn't been seen in the Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve for more than 75 years.

Kangaroo rats live in five specific locations within California's Sierra Azul range, in addition to those living at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park.