Long thought to have walked bipedally, like us, Australia’s extinct giant kangaroos have features that indicate they could ...

A new study using fossil evidence suggests extinct giant kangaroos, some weighing up to 250kg, were physically capable of hopping. Researchers found their bones and Achilles tendons were strong enough ...

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Scientists previously thought hopping was impossible for Protemnodon goliah.

Kangaroo Island, with its rugged coastline, pristine beaches and many animals, draws a repeat visitor wary about increased ...

Millions of years of isolation have shaped Australia’s extraordinary mammal fauna into species unlike anywhere else in the ...

It’s easy to assume P. goliah and other giant kangaroos lost their ability to hop as a result of all that bulk. After all, ...

Previous research indicated that kangaroos weighing more than about 350 pounds would rupture their ankle tendons if they tried to hop. The largest of the Ice Age kangaroos, Procoptodon goliah, which ...

It's not your average pet. Stretching out in the cat bed in northern NSW is 'Mr Bean', an orphaned Rufous Bettong joey who is ...

Wildlife Ranger Riley Tydeman stepped up to become the orphaned joey's 'surrogate mother'. "Mr Tydeman was the natural choice as surrogate 'mum' having successfully raised a number of macropod joeys ...