The desert rat-kangaroo, an extinct marsupial species, could actually be alive and ‘evading detection’ in Australia desert, new study says.

IF YOU STROLL quietly along a rainforest track in Tropical North Queensland in the early morning or evening, make sure you watch for movement on the forest floor— you may just be rewarded with a ...

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. If ...

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 ...

A truffle-eating Australian marsupial known as the “rat kangaroo” has suffered a dramatic population decline and could become extinct without urgent action to save the species, a report warned ...

While he may be pint-sized now, when he is grown up Rufous the baby marsupial will be the largest of his species, commonly called the rat-kangaroo.

Australia's most endangered marsupial and rarest marsupial in the world, the Gilbert's potoroo is a small rat-kangaroo found on the south coast of Western Australia.

Brush-tailed bettongs are thriving in Southern Australia after being reintroduced in 2021. These cute, kangaroo-looking marsupials have been critically endangered for decades. Scientists say it ...

Scientists look to a rat-like creature to better understand the kangaroo's hop Scientists have been curious about how kangaroos evolved to hop with such efficiency. To investigate that ...

The desert rat-kangaroo, or Caloprymnus campestris — a rodent-like creature with large hind legs — is steeped in mystery. It was last seen nearly a century ago, in 1930.